The holidays are among us and setting yourself up for success is key! The beautiful thing is that you get to define what success is and looks like. One of my favorite tools in both my personal and professional life is a planner, which may  seem like a no brainer right?! While I consider myself tech savvy, I’m a huge fan of a paper planner, specifically the InkWell Press that I’ve had for 4 years. They’ve continued to evolve in functionality and really listen to what their customer base has to say which is so refreshing. How I like to plan, and obviously tailer this to your needs:

• post-it note everything leading up to the month 
• move them from the monthly view to the weekly view and denote on the monthly view that you have something going on that day (I use dot stickers)
• Set up one week at a time with the post-it notes since plans change quickly in the holiday season
• Within your weekly view set yourself for realistic success with meals, workouts, grocery shopping days, parties, goal driving changes, etc – it’s much harder to back out of something if it’s already being planned on
  

So let’s get to goals shall we? What’s yours? Once you identify the goal set up the plan to drive you toward it. I like using the SMART method. This is where you get really specific with what that looks like: is it (S)pacific, (M)easurable, (A)trainable, (R)ealistic, (T)imly. For example: if the goal is to eat 4 meals at home during the week, plan out the details: what are the days you will be cooking, does your schedule allow for that many days or are you #sobusy, what will you be cooking, what do you need to purchase to execute those 4 days, etc. When I work with clients we work through the steps together to create their plan. I can write you the best diet plan, workout regimen, self-care routine but at the end of the day, that’s not you and it might not work, ya know? You are the driver, I’m here to help facilitate!

So if you’re looking for an idea of how to set up your end-of-year schedule or looking for a planner for next year, check out InkWell Press here!