assalamualaikum
i am a person yang paling anti dengan kalimat "just go with the flow". obsession i terhadap having a plan before doing anything is critical to the point yg kalau husband i ajak dating makan kat luar esok, malam ni i paksa dia sebut kedai apa dia nak makan. kalau dia sebut beberapa, i akan tonyoh tonyoh juga soalan dekat dia sampai dia shortlist kan lagi list yang dah sedia pendek itu dan kalau ada 2-3 list kedai i akan google menu kedai tu and terus fikir apa nak order. and those things are done for an activity to be executed the next day tau. next day tu bukan lepas subuh terus nak pergi pun, tapi kecoh dia mmg tak boleh bawa bincang.
the whole paragraph was just about having a lunch date outside. can u imagine what i do the night before a work day?
i love to wake up with a structure. lepas bangun tidur nak buat apa, apa yang nak kena siap harini, siapa yang nak kena contact hari ni yada yada. i need to know what i'm gonna be doing. bukan setakat waking up and know i have to work tapi wake up and know yang harini akan buat task A dekat project B to achieve 50% of the task. sangat detailed to the dot.
thus, every monday i will access my work email and masukkan all scheduled meetings for the whole week. tapi i will also check every morning untuk pastikan ad-hoc meetings also masuk. walaupun meeting tu dah lepas tapi i terlupa nak masukkan in my calendar, i will masukkan juga sebab senang nak backtrack kalau kenapa certain2 hari tu i busy. then i will also put in my personal planned activities mcm nak pergi clinic ke, nak pergi dating ke, masuk juga dalam calendar tu. for this, my favorite calendar app to utilize is Fantastical.
kenapa Fantastical? kenapa bukan google cal atau apple cal atau lain lain? okay so cerita dia, i mmg sgt particular dgn my planning tools. bila i pilih calendar app apa nak guna, notetaking app apa nak guna, bujo mcm mana nak beli, i did a lot of researches and trial and error. i gave each one of my shortlisted tools a good amount of time untuk cuba dan experience sendiri. sama la mcm mana i jumpa fantastical and notion are through trying multiple apps and concluding which one that fits my style. what i'm saying is i tried google cal, apple cal, iCal and all. fantastical is best for me sbb i can combine my to-do-list with my calendar, i can integrate it with all my other calendars, it creates a CTA to join online meetings and much more. that's why i choose it as my main calendar app. i love it so much that i literally pay to subscribe it.
then the next step is moving all of these into my bullet journal. this is only for self satisfaction. i love the feeling of crossing off my tasks. so what i did is mark my bujo calendar as well, tapi mostly for big events. tapi my bullet journal is updated daily rather than weekly. setiap hari akan bangun pagi, buka bujo, journal some stuffs and plan my day. list out task yg specific nak buat on that day, mark done tasks yg tak sempat siap and postponed to whatever date. i also park my future tasks awal awal kalau ada yg urgent.
i also am committed with one-line journaling sebab i nak remember significant things that happen in my life. kalau tak ada apa apa menarik, i'll just write down "normal day". tp most of the time when you journal, you will realize yang there are interesting things that happen in a day, you might miss it sebab you tak jot it down. this is why i love gratitude journaling. one line only, sebab nak tulis panjang panjang tu yang buat malas. so keep it one line. kalau ada lebih panjang cerita i will write down in notion.
a line a day journal
longer write up for more impactful stories in notion
then i step into my notion. mostly here i track my professional job only, personal stuff jarang guna notion. mmg notetaking la function dia. from here i will break down my big tasks into small chunks in its individual cards. dalam setiap card tu akan break down lagi into much smaller to-do lists. tapi setiap task ni tak target siap in one day, yg how much progress i want to achieve on a specific day i break down lagi dalam bujo. this is more to an overall view.
then i will also take note of the important meetings yg help me break down my task even more. from here i also take note of the ticket numbers berkaitan dengan each task.
the way i explain things, might make it seem like banyaknya steps. well, there are, cannot deny la this one haha. tapi i become restless bila i tak tahu nak buat apa. duduk depan laptop tapi every single day kena pilih balik task apa nak buat. i suka start something and know where to continue the next day if i stop today. tak semua orang rasa mcm i thus this much detailed planning tak applicable to everyone. some people are carefree and that's amazing! what i'm sharing is just to shed a light for people who also indulge in planning. the impact it has on my life is it totally subtracting the need for me untuk risau risau pasal what's gonna happen today which is a 100% improvement on my life.
