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 are discussing the final chapter of Austin Kleon's Keep Going: Plant Your Garden.

We both loved this chapter so much. We spent a couple of minutes rehashing the larger conversation we had with Austin during his episode on the podcast in April. Talking about how you can maintain a garden throughout the year, even when you can't tend to your outdoor garden.

We want to know: what type of garden do you keep?

In this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, K&A are chatting about the penultimate Chapter 9: Demons Hate Fresh Air in Austin Kleon's Keep Going.

We talk about the different ways to make 'Fresh Air' work for us, especially now that winter is coming and we can't all go for 5 mile walks every day. We try to figure out what is at the core of what those demons actually hate about the fresh air and see how we can combat it even when we can't get that dose of pure sunshine we're longing for.

This week we want to know how you get fresh air, especially in the seasons when it's harder for you to get outside (which might be when it's really hot/wet in your area).

In this chapter of the BSBC we're chatting about Austin Kleon's Keep Going -- Chapter 7: You Can Change Your Mind.

We had a blast with this episode. We chatted about internet trolls, changing your mind on BIG things, little things, and everything in between.

We got into a great discussion about like-minded vs like-hearted people, and how spending time among like-hearted people is an important thing to do.

This week we'd love to know how you're changing your mind right now and how you've changed your mind in the past.

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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 60-75.

Today's Topics

1. Building in white space
2. You are in charge; not the computer
3. Being real about your social media use
4. Saying yes to the right things
5. How to find your absolutely yes tasks