It’s one thing to GET organized and another to STAY organized. Creating helpful habits is the way to maintain the organizational systems you set up.
A Daily Review is a useful structure to end your work day AND prepare to be productive the next day.
Think of it as a ritual or practice that you do on a regular basis to build your organization and productivity muscles.
One way to remember to do it is to create a time block in your calendar (with the details in the notes section). I have a 30-minute recurring time block on weekdays for my Daily Review with a reminder associated with it to nudge me to start wrapping up what I’m working on so I can start it.
I recommend you consider doing a Daily Review or at least a Weekly Review (which includes a few more tasks). I’m not perfect at this, but I know from experience that when I don’t do my Daily Review I feel the consequences of stuff starting to pile up.
Here’s My Daily Review process:
- Clear out email inboxes
- Process papers and clean off desk and work surfaces
- Input any paper notes into computer
- Clean up calendar (today and tomorrow)
- Plan top 1-3 tasks for next day
Sometimes my brain is too tired at the end of the day to do ANY planning. When that is the case, I’ll decide on my top 1-3 tasks the next morning (during my Prep time block that starts my work day).
Inspired Action:
Decide what tasks your Daily or Weekly Review will include and create that recurring time block in your calendar (with a reminder notification).
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