Today I am discussing how to love your “night-before-self.” I was inspired by my younger sister Abbey. Loving on your night-before-self lays the foundation for tomorrow. Tomorrow quickly becomes today and today is your life! If there is one thing that you can do today that can change the course of your life, I believe one of them is taking care of your night-before-self.
I am going to share some ways that I love my night-before-self.
[2:09] The first and, I think, most important thing is how important it is to brain-dump and download. The night-before-self starts at the end of your workday. You can reflect and say, “What worked or what didn’t work?” You can start to download everything from your workday. You can also do this for your personal life- groceries, errands, etc. WRITE IT ALL DOWN! You might find it helpful to do a large brain-dump on Sunday evenings.
[4:40] Then, I start to prioritize and make my schedule for the next day. I am an entrepreneur, so my schedule is different each day and things can also pop up and throw my schedule off completely. I ask myself, “where is a 1-hour-block I can focus?” Then I look at parts of my day that typically have distractions and determine how I can tackle them first. I break these into 80/20. 20% things are those things that move the needle. 80% are the other things. Then I take those 20% things that are quick tasks and then those that are tasks that are going to require more thought. Same with 80%. When I find a window of 30 minutes, I tackle those 20% quick tasks. Then when I have a larger window of uninterrupted time, I can tackle the more thoughtful items. Make sure you keep promises to yourself. When you are prioritizing and scheduling your tomorrow, make sure you follow through. If you don’t, ask yourself what you may have done wrong while planning.
[10:52] I do a clean sweep of the house. As you may know, I am not a “clean” person. But my husband does so I have always made an effort. I have learned to really love my house being clean in the morning, too. This includes dishes, laundry, general tidying, etc.
[12:47] I set my clothes out for the day. I need to check the weather and check my appointments I might have. Lay out everything so that there is no thought required the next day. The reason I find this so helpful because it takes away any decisions I might have to make the next day.
[13:55] I plan out any food needs the next day. This includes breakfast and lunches for you AND your kids!
[15:16] I do a final dump. Sometimes a final dump might mean a post-it note by the edge of your bed in case you think of something after the fact.
[16:05] Get “bed ready!” It is important to set your alarm and commit to it! Shower, put on comfy PJs, do what is best for you to get your body prepared to rest.
Find what tools work best for you and try them, maybe fore a week or two. See how your next day changes! Your next day becomes your today and your today is your life. Love on your night-before-self and be grateful for your night-before-self and, like Abbey used to say, “you go, old self!”
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