Distractions are your challenge. They may be from friends, work colleagues, children, illness, phone calls, post etc. Plan your day out. Allow some contingency time for distractions. Though it is best to limit your distractions to as few as possible. None is even better.
Take a piece of paper and write out your day. From the minute you intend to wake up until the minute you intend to go to sleep. Write it out in 15 minute intervals. Unless one activity is going to take up a longer period of time. Then write that amount of time. For example:
06:00 – 06:15 Wake up. 6 Minute miracle morning. Change for run.
06:15 – 06:30 Stretch. Loo break. Put on trainers, headphones and prepare apps.
06:30 – 07:00 Run. Listen to X podcast/audiobook/YouTube channel
Allow for ten minute breaks. Sometimes these will be used to relax. Other times they will act as catch up zones. These help get you back on track when a distraction has put you behind by five or 10 minutes.
Allow for one full hour in your day for unforeseen events. These could be phone calls you have to take from a child, parent, boss, tax inspector or a person dropping by your desk or home.
Plan your day out before you go to bed. Track how close your plan is to reality. It’s fascinating.
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