stick to a schedule

I’m very tempted to give up on this. I’ve not had much luck with setting up any kind of schedule.

I notice that some of the ideas I had about a schedule was based on how I though things are, and not how they really are. It’s difficult to change reality, but it’s impossible to change illusion.

I find the hardest thing to do in the pursuit of scheduled living is to actually read the attempt at schedule that I had written down. (The second hardest is to write it down.)

Maybe I should print a set of instructions for the use of a scheduler, and have the first step say: “1. Read the instructions.”

It seems to work, the little change in thinking. Instead of thinking “today I must do this” I think “today is the day for doing this” and it becomes easier.

I just need to get it all down on paper.

Got some good tips from Julie Morgenstern, via Gretchen Rubin

Things that need a schedule:

Car: Weekly, Monthly, Annually, at clock intervals.
Money: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Annually
Entertainment: Weekly, Monthly.

I’ve been vaguely trying to have to-do lists, and weekly plans and stuff, but I’m dissatisfied with how it works. It’s simply not easy to do without much practice, and there is very little help for it in my day-to-day life.

So the schedule for this goal is this: By 13 April 2010 I will live a fully scheduled life. I will next evaluate my progress on 13 July.