Plan Your Day

To get the most out of your day it is important to plan your day. I like to plan the night before as with a cleaning business I’m often out in the field in the morning, however if you prefer you can plan at the start of your day before you doing anything else.

If you start your day with distractions such as blogs, emails, newspapers on-line you could be setting up your day to have one distraction after the other. There will often be an email you want to respond to immediately, and of course you need to get to the emails, blogs, papers etc but with these written into your daily plan you will.

Create lists:
- A master list with all the jobs you need to get round to doing, these do not need to be worked on immediately but if on the list they will get actioned. Add to this list any new jobs or tasks you think of throughout the day. This is like a brain storming exercise, a tick list to work through over time. Some of these jobs you’ll do, some you may delegate.
I personally keep my master list on a white board in the office it is great to see the tasks get crossed out.

- A must do list with all the tasks and jobs you must get round to doing today.

- A should do list with all the tasks that are not crucial to do but should be done throughout the day at sometime.

You will most likely have a diary or calendar you work from, which tracks your appointments. Between these appointments place in time to action your must do list with the jobs in priority, also block out time for emails, blogs etc and don’t forget to block out your meal times. Your health is important take the break to recharge, rethink and refresh.


“He who fails to plan, plans to fail” Proverb