As I mentioned in my last post I have chosen twelve changes to make in my life over the next twelve months, beginning November 1st.
What I want to do here is explain in some detail what the first change is all about, for my benefit and yours.
As I stated, it is Live by a Schedule. Now some of you may think the sound of that is not very appealing and wonder why anyone would want to do it. I can understand those feelings. My struggle is that I have so many things pulling me in so many directions that if I don’t organize my time I never get the things done that I want to or need to. So for me a fairly strict schedule is the solution.
Also, I find if I don’t follow a schedule and just do whatever I feel like doing I end up wasting huge amounts of time reading the newspaper or watching TV or other mindless activities. Living by a schedule will help me stay on track to meet my commitments to myself.
Living by a schedule, for me, has many benefits, not the least of which is that it will help me get to bed on time each night. Not getting to bed on time, in my estimation, is the number one thing that messes up the rest of my life. See the post Staying Up Late – Is it Worth It?
So here is my proposed daily schedule:
5:00 a.m. Get up, personal study, meditation and planning
6:00 a.m. Aerobic exercise consisting of either running or hiking
7:00 a.m. Breakfast
7:20 a.m. Shower and dress
7:50 a.m. Leave for work
8:00 a.m. Arrive at work
3:30 p.m. Begin to wrap things up at work
4:00 p.m. Leave work
10:00 p.m. Begin getting ready for bed
10:30 p.m. Lights out, go to sleep
This is the schedule I plan to live by as closely as I can each week day. For weekends it will have to be different. I’ll talk about weekends tomorrow.