Bobbing

So, my last post was about diving in with both feet into a new adventure of starting as a stylist for a  newer direct sales company.

....I love it.   I have been having so much fun with all of it.  I love to learn, and this has been a feasting ground for new information!

Thing is, though, like with most of my hobbies and passions, and other both feet first endeavors, I am in over my head.  Or maybe, more likely, I'm in over our families heads.  The first few weeks were fueled by adrenaline and SO...MUCH...EXCITEMENT!  While I still am passionate and thrilled about the majority of this new business, the helium is slowly coming out of the balloon, and I'm being brought back down to earth.

I'm starting to realize that I DO have to schedule and actually *work* (not just play) to be successful.  It's good to have external goals again, and this brings me to my next life thing:  bullet journaling and day planning. 

I was the kid in high school and college who actually used the provided agenda...and loved it!  I would write in EVERY assignment and put in 'fake' deadlines about a week or two prior to the actual due date so I could go back with fresh eyes to critique and improve my work....yes, I was *THAT* kid.

Fast forward to now...when I don't have deadlines or any kind of structure except for the daily visual schedule for my Little Buddy.  I kind of drift hither and yon....I have SOME things to look forward to and plan for, but the most part...no real life structure.

BUT NOW!!! I can plan and structure again!  I have deadlines and external goals and and and! Without a pre-organized planner with fun stuff in it, I was kind of at a loss of how to get myself organized...and then...I fell into the pinterest hole of planning!  Oh My Word!  There is SO MUCH stuff! 

I got myself a day planner from Moleskine and I've already put in months in advance stuff.  I'm also gearing up to start a second one that tracks Little Buddy's moods and different cycles over the months.  And a prayer journal....and and and!

I had forgotten about how much I love planning.  hoooray!

How do YOU plan?

xo,
J

Soli Deo Gloria