I've tried this before, and I really wish I could make it work for me. However, it runs so counter to you how my brain and mental health cycles flow that I've had to find other ways.
My energy and resilience levels have never been reliable enough to make meaningful commitments beyond work/eat/sleep. I've also found that setting goals, particularly SMART goals, beyond the next half day is incredibly bad for my mental health.
My alternative approach has been to build habits for things I want to accomplish (e.g., wake up at 6 and read before work each day). It's not very good if I have a really diverse set of tasks, but it works quite well for big, mid- to - long-term projects that require consistent effort.
I definitely use batching though. I keep task lists and when I have the energy, I open one of them and work my way through them.
All that said, for everyone who can get the make-plans-and-stick-to-them approach work, I am stoked for you!
I've tried this before, and I really wish I could make it work for me. However, it runs so counter to you how my brain and mental health cycles flow that I've had to find other ways.
My energy and resilience levels have never been reliable enough to make meaningful commitments beyond work/eat/sleep. I've also found that setting goals, particularly SMART goals, beyond the next half day is incredibly bad for my mental health.
My alternative approach has been to build habits for things I want to accomplish (e.g., wake up at 6 and read before work each day). It's not very good if I have a really diverse set of tasks, but it works quite well for big, mid- to - long-term projects that require consistent effort.
I definitely use batching though. I keep task lists and when I have the energy, I open one of them and work my way through them.
All that said, for everyone who can get the make-plans-and-stick-to-them approach work, I am stoked for you!
You comment reminded me of this video