Write a list of fifteen or more specific actions you have taken in the past two days.
- Went to work*
- Had lunch
- Called my school*
- Updated my FAFSA*
- Ironed my work clothes*
- Went to the Gym*
- Relaxed
- Went shopping*
- Went out to Dinner*
- Made banana Splits
- Slept
- Watched TV
- Put my clean laundry away*
- Gathered my gym clothes together for my next visit*
- Made a giant wall calender*
Using an entire Journal page, draw a 4 quadrant chart like the example on page 104. Remember to reread the visualization of your dream (Journal entry 10) often to help you stay motivated. Also, remember to say your affirmation (Journal entry 11) each day to enhance the personal qualities that will keep you on course to your dreams! These are both great quadrant II actions.
I don't believe there is any way that I will be able to create a table on blogger. On the other hand, I will list.
Quadrant I (Important and Urgent):
Ironed my work clothes
Quadrant II (Important and Not Urgent):
Updated my FAFSA
Called my school
Made a giant wall calender
Went to Work
Gathered my gym clothes together for my next visit
Went to the Gym
Put my clean laundry away
Quadrant III (Not Important and Urgent):
Went Shopping
Went out to dinner
Quadrant IV (Not Important and Not Urgent):
Had lunch
Had lunch
Relaxed
Made banana splits
Slept
Watched TV
Write each action from your list in step 1 in the appropriate quadrant on your chart. After each action, put the approximate amount of time you spent in the activity.
Quadrant I (Important and Urgent):
Ironed my work clothes (30 minutes)
Quadrant II (Important and Not Urgent):
Updated my FAFSA (10 minutes)
Called my school (20 minutes)
Made a giant wall calender (1 hour 30 minutes)
Went to Work (8 hours 30 minutes)
Gathered my gym clothes together for my next visit (20 minutes)
Went to the Gym (2 hours 30 minutes)
Put my clean laundry away (30 minutes)
Quadrant III (Not Important and Urgent):
Went Shopping (2 hours)
Went out to dinner (2 hours)
Quadrant IV (Not Important and Not Urgent):
Had lunch (2 hours)
Had lunch (2 hours)
Relaxed (5 hours)
Made banana splits (15 minutes)
Slept (2 hours)
Watched TV (6 hours)
Write about what you have learned or relearned concerning your use of time. Effective writing anticipates questions that a reader may have and answers these questions clearly. To dive deep in this journal entry, answer questions such as the following:
What exactly did you discover after analyzing my time?
After analyzing my time, I discovered that I have recently been spending a lot of time in quadrant II. I am very proud of myself. On the other hand though, I have pretty much a equal quantity of items on quadrants III and IV combined which I would like to down size. Quadrant II is productive and less stressful when you get everything right. My time management is fairly decent but fair isn't good enough. My time management needs to be excellent.
In which quadrant do you spend the most time?
The quadrant I spend the most of my time is in quadrant II. "When you engage in an important activity with time enough to do it well, you can create your greatest dreams."
What specific evidence did you use to draw this conclusion?
The specific evidence I used to draw this conclusion is if you look at my list in quadrant II, every activity is productive. I plan on beginning school again May 20 and I just found out that none of my financial aid had gone through. So I called the school immediately and found out they hadn't received my FAFSA. That day, when I had gotten home from work, I jumped on my computer and found my mistake I had made and updated my FAFSA to what it needed to be in order to receive my aid for my class I am going to be starting May 20.
If you continue using your time in this way, are you likely to reach your goals and dreams? Why or why not?
If I continue using my time in this way, there is a possibility I could reach my goals and dreams as long as I stayed on course. I am the type of person who get side tracked easily. One thing I have observed recently though is that if I give myself the leeway to get off course is when I do. I enjoy living a very uniformed lifestyle. Yeah. It's great to have breaks here and there but I am the most happy when I am living a uniformed lifestyle, on a strict schedule, with an agenda for every single one of my days and honestly alone. Not many people can live and understand the way I do. They think I'm boring and want to do this and that. Having other people who think I'm crazy or weird for the way I live is stressful. Not because I care what they think, oh no. More because they tend to throw me off especially when I like having them around. But then I notice change in attitude, stress level escalates and that my dearies is not what I like to live my life for. In order to really truly reach my goals and dreams and my full potential, my quadrant III and IV activities need to be eliminated to a small list of 2 or 3 things.
What most often keeps you from taking purposeful actions?
What most often keeps me from taking purposeful actions is immediate pleasure and laziness.
How do you feel about your discoveries?
I'm a little disappointed because I thought I had a stronger head on my shoulders. My life has always been pretty simple and I had wonderful parents. Every household has it's ups and downs but I couldn't have asked for a better childhood with my parents. They were fun and loving. My next discovery is to establish how I ended up being so lazy. My immediate pleasures I am slowly but surely grasping control over. My laziness strikes me as odd.
What different choices, if any, do you intend to make about how you use time?
The different choice I intend to make is to always stay productive. Instead of leaving open spots on my agenda, assign times and activities to do when relaxing. For example, tonight my show Once Upon a Time comes on at 8pm-Relax. <--- This is what my agenda should say.
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