I was asked the question today, “What is Your Daily Success Plan?” and realized that while I have one, I don’t follow it daily. Â Which leads me down the path of stress and burnout — a place I’ve found myself in this past month. Â In April, I set some goals for myself and the blog (April Goals) which I think added to that stress. Â Let’s take a look at last month’s goals.
- Move 30 minutes a day.  While I did get a couple of hikes in and managed a couple of days of yoga, I missed this goal.  And more exercise and movement continues to be something that I need to work on.
- Specific Social Media Days. Â This lasted about a week and then I found myself using everything less than before.
- Add an Email Opt In.  Success.  I did add one, it’s at the bottom of every post.  I would prefer to move it to the sidebar and will work on that.  But I don’t have any plans at this time to make it a fly in.  Those annoy me on other sites and I close them out, so I didn’t want to do to others the very thing that annoys me.
As you can see, I didn’t get where I wanted to be in April, which then started causing some stress for me, added on top of 10-12 hour workdays. Â I was starting to sink down into a shell and actually thought about not blogging at all in the month of May. Â Just give myself a break. Â But then along came Natalie Sisson and her 15 day Blog Challenge and I had to try.
So the first question of the challenge is, What is Your Daily Success Plan? Â Which got me to thinking, what do I do and I realized that for the last couple of weeks while I was sinking into my shell…..I wasn’t following my best game plan. Â I work best by following a ritual that includes getting up no later than 5:15am. Â Â But lately, I’ve been tapping the snooze button, which then throws everything off.
My Daily Success Plan includes getting up at 5am. Â On the wall opposite my bed is my daily mantra : Thank you for the Challenges, Opportunity and Beauty of this Day. Â A little bit of coffee, some time with the cats (they demand their food first) a little bit of yoga and then writing. Â That’s it. Â Nice and simple, but it gets my day going the right way.
That’s my Daily Success Plan and my goal for May is to remember that. Â What’s your Daily Success Plan?
ahh! getting up at 5 am! I wish!
When I was younger, I used to think I was a night person because I’d stay up past midnight and then wouldn’t get up until late. Turns out all that did was give me headaches and make me cranky.