Introduction
You could call it reinventing the wheel or you could say it’s bringing my own personal touch to this old chestnut.
Whatever the case, here is my little offering – Sab’s Sunny Weekly Planner, a cheery 7-day system for you to adopt as summer starts to kick in up here in the northern hemisphere (as I write!). ?
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PDF Doc ~ Sab on Biggerplate!
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PDF Document ~ Sab on Biggerplate!
Coming soon!
Feel free to use my Sunny Weekly Planner mind map as follows:
1) For any NON-commercial use
2) Leave it EXACTLY as it is
3) Don’t change ANYTHING
4) Make sure the © Copyright text is included and intact
5) See 2) and 3) (you get the idea!)
You CAN reproduce it online or embed it in your blog or website as long as you…
6) Respect 1-5 above
7) Include a credit to ‘Sab Will / Mind Map Mad’ AND a clickable link to http://www.mindmapmad.com/sab-will-sunny-weekly-planner/ on the web page next to or near the image – thanks!
Anyway, it’s a place absolutely crammed with cool mind maps, including mine – he he! You can download the actual original iMindMap file (the mind mapping software I use) and play around with it yourself. Nice!
For information on how you can use it (feel free to adapt!) read on…
This is intended to be a fun and cheerful way to keep track of the most important things you need to get done during the next seven days.
I’ve tried to include some important stuff whilst reducing it down to the maximum. Err, minimum.
The thing is, when we do start using a new planning tool, we tend, in a mad fit of enthusiasm, to empty our minds of everything we would, potentially, quite like to do in the next 150 years and, unsurprisingly, end up drowning in overwhelm.
So, the point is, plan the least but plan the BEST.
Then there’s a vague chance you might get some of them done, and feel a bit good about yourself into the bargain. Here we go (in three easy steps):
Choose three things you would be really happy and satisfied if you got done during the day.
If you have the time and the inclination, start Nos. 2 or 3. Or watch TV. Or eat chocolate. Or excavate your tummy button. Or print out next week’s Sunny Week Planner.
Oh! And put a flipping great tick next to that big ol’ No.1 task you’ve just successfully completed, and it’s only 10.30 in the morning, for crying out loud! Way to gooo, Tiger!
While the internal orange and yellow daily task lines are for stuff YOU have decided to do, the three green, purple (mauve) and blue lines heading out from the oval each day are external commitments or things other people are expecting you to do or who would appreciate you doing.
Think of it like this:
Get in touch: On the green line write the name of someone you should phone, email or write to. This could be your boss or your daughter.
Meetings: On the mauve line, put the time of your most important engagement for the day. This could be an important international confcall or meeting your mates on the corner to play on your bikes.
Be nice: On the blue line, note down a name or an act which would make someone feel happy. This could be remembering your friend’s birthday or picking up your husband’s favourite magazine on the way home.
Again, remember the danger of the dreaded overwhelm! I’ve kept this map intentionally simple. One line per theme. You can add more of course, but why bother? Why complicate your life? Try to get what’s on the Sunny Weekly Planner done, and you’ll have done amazingly 😀 Which brings us onto…
Apart from getting a lot done during the day, why not explicitly heap praise upon yourself for your achievement (if you don’t do it…)? That’s what the funky little boxes are for.
Write anything in them. A self-congratulatory message or ego-boosting shout out, for example:
Report DONE!
You rule!
YES!
Finished!
She smiled!
We got it!
Never again!
Going well!
AWESOME!
At the end of the week, once the dust has settled, you should be able to look back and immediately see seven great things you did. Nice. Well done YOU!
Here are those links again, and don’t forget to let me know what you think, how and where you use the Sunny Weekly Planner, and any ways you would adapt it to your situation.
JPG Image 800 px ~ JPG Image 1920 px ~ JPG Image 3500px
PDF Doc ~ Sab on Biggerplate!
JPG Image 800 px ~ JPG Image 1920 px ~ JPG Image 3500px
PDF Document ~ Sab on Biggerplate!
Coming soon!
Feel free to use my ‘Sunny Weekly Planner’ mind map as follows:
1) For any NON-commercial use
2) Leave it EXACTLY as it is
3) Don’t change ANYTHING
4) Make sure the © Copyright… text is included and intact
5) See 2) and 3) (you get the idea!)
You CAN reproduce it online or embed it in your blog or website as long as you…
6) Respect 1-5 above
7) Include a credit to ‘Sab Will / Mind Map Mad’ AND a clickable link to http://www.mindmapmad.com/sab-will-sunny-weekly-planner/ on the web page next to or near the image – thanks!
Anyway, it’s a place absolutely crammed with cool mind maps, including mine – he he! You can download the actual original iMindMap file (the mind mapping software I use) and play around with it yourself. Nice!
Sab Will enjoys creating fun and helpful mind maps and articles on a wide range of topics.
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Sab is available for training in innovative thinking, creative problem solving, mind mapping and teacher training in modern ‘learning to learn’ techniques. Please get in touch here to find out how increased creativity and innovation can help boost your business, or how modern approaches to learning can revolutionise your teaching or training.
P.S. Keep up to date will ALL Sab’s latest creative output over on his newest home on the web, the Sab Lab!
Image Credits (where found) ⇒ Reinventing the wheel: Keith Bendis
© 2015 Sab Will / Mind Map Mad
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