Panda Planner — Affirmations
The hardest part of my morning….
I got a Panda Planner at Christmas, and I’m pretty sure I love it. But like a lot of relationships, it is complicated.
Panda Planners are one example of a class of planners that attempt to put the psychology of planning, habit, work/life balance, and happiness to work. It has the usual, monthly, weekly, and daily sections — which for me, help with limiting my ambitions. For example — I like to pile on the habit changes — get better sleep, meditate every morning, walk every day, do yoga, eat better, don’t drink that third glass of wine…. You get the idea.
With the Panda Planner, I’m limited to taking on only one new habit a month. I’m still overreaching; I’m tracking three and making sure they are achievable.
But the stumper for me wasn’t the planning (ex-project manager), nor looking at the wins from the week or day before, or deciding how I’ll improve tomorrow. My problem was in the top left side of the planner — the dreaded Morning Review.
I’m Grateful for — I’m Excited About — and the worse of all, the daily Affirmation.
Apparently, I’m grateful for the same things every day, just in different orders: my partner, sunny NM mornings, the cats (all 10 of…
