![]() ![]() The more thorough you are, here, the more you can return to it again and again and learn from it.ģ. Answers can range from personal, “I learned how to say no to dessert”, to skill-based, “I learned how to remove plosives in an audio recording using Audacity”. This is where you journal your “Aha!” moments. “What lessons did I learn?” This is my favourite question to answer. One lesson I’ve learned from answering this question is it’s easy to overestimate what you think you can achieve in a day, but I remind myself it’s not what you achieve in a day, it’s what you achieve eventually. “What did I achieve today?” This question helps me identify whether I actually achieved what I set out to accomplish in the morning, or if I got sidetracked. ![]() I have an alarm on my phone to trigger my journaling habit, and every evening, at 21:00, before shutting down my laptop for the day, I answer seven questions:ġ. ![]() This is an opportunity to review my day and improve what is already working. In the evening, my journal is more thorough: If you want to achieve extraordinary results, you need to narrow your focus and allow what matters most to drive your day. This, as Gary Keller argues in his book, The ONE Thing, is the best approach to getting what you want. “What’s ONE Thing I must accomplish today?” This is my focusing question. This helps me distinguish the vital few tasks from the trivial many, and reminds me that only a few things really matter and I can’t do everything. Here, I write my five most important tasks for the day. “What would make today great?” I “borrowed” this from The Five-Minute Journal. “I am grateful for…” According to Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage, writing down three new things that you’re grateful for, for 21 days in a row, can actually rewire your brain, allowing your brain to work more optimistically and more successfully. Every morning, I copy and paste the above template into a new note, date it and answer the following three questions:ġ. ![]()
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