Bite Size Book Club

On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are continuing Part Two: Let's Make Room for Joy, and reading pages 52-59.

Show Notes

Today's Discussion
• Finding Pockets
• Stop reinventing the wheel
• Getting started

Finding Pockets
HOW to find time for the things you want to do.
(internal demands-or the little bits of sand).
This is how I want people to find time for Daily pages

Stop reinventing the wheel
Find things that work for you; stick with them.
This leads to less decision fatigue, and more time for creativity in places that matter more to you.

Getting started
Getting started can be the worst.

Here are several ways to try to make it work for you:

1. Think about your priorities
2. start w/ the easy stuff
3. use your best energy on the hardest stuff
4. Give yourself a deadline
5. start somewhere

Try This:

• sort your tasks
• honor your time zones
• set a timer

On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are continuing Part Two: Let's Make Room for Joy, and reading pages 44-51.

Show Notes

Topics in this week's episode

• Big Picture scheduling
• Re-evaluating What's in your life
• Building Routine into your to-do list

To try: opt-in Notecards

Last Episode we talked about
list keeping and prioritizing

Today, we're first going to talk about Big Picture scheduling.

-External Demands preset dates
-Negotiated Demands - have to attend, but have some choice of when to schedule

- Internal Demands things you want need to attend, but are flexible on the date/time

This is difficult! Not everything will fit neatly into your schedule

You need to see the time you don't have so that you can see the time you do have.

Reevaluating what is in Your Life.
choosing your actions
opt-in exercise on pg 48 is great
This is important. (re-evaluating)

if you don't do this, other people determine what's important for your life; because we are always gelling filled up w/ randomities.

Building Routine into your to-do list
Almost everything should have a set time.
Pay attention to the flow of your days and weeks. This helps match energy levels to activities

Compartments for tasks can help you feel more focused & provide anchor points in your days/ weeks.

You are building a routine so you can break the routine.

On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are starting up Part Two: Let's Make Room for Joy, and reading pages 32-43.

Show Notes

Pages 32-43

Why Plan?
• to stay on track
• to get ahead
• maintain focus
• when things go wrong its not the end of the world
• to build space into and around our lives and work

planning looks different for everyone

why are you NOT getting things done?

1. Lack of time
2. Lack of communication
3. Lack of focus

Great series of questions on pg 36 + flowchart on 37.

Why write things down?

• A list creates space
• A list helps you sort
• A list saves time

Why Prioritize?

Helps to give you a sense of what is essential
VS. non-essential on your list and let you
spend your time accordingly.

Determining your priorities

Two different methods she presents + the 'three things concept'

On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are finishing up Part One: Let's Get Started.

*Show Notes: *

This episode's pages: 24-31.
Next week we are taking the week off for Christmas, but we'll be back the week after with Part Two: pages 32-43.

*Key Points: *

• Stop waiting until you're ready!
• You'll never be 100% ready.
• No one knows what they're doing.
• What's most important is what actually matters.
• Working towards your goal is the best part of the whole process.
• Celebrate the process.

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On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we start Season 2 of the show with a new book: Elise Blaha Cripe's Big Dreams Daily Joys

*Show Notes: *

This episode's pages: 1-23
Next week/episode we'll be reading the rest of Part One (pages 24-31).

*Key Points: *

• Why set goals?
• What is the difference between a goal & a to-do list item?
• Elise's concept of the layers of goals
• What makes a good goal?

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