Free Printable Daily Planner to Help You Get Organized and Be Intentional
I created this free printable daily planner to help you get organized, achieve your daily goals and be more intentional everyday! Being intentional is not easy - it needs prompting! In this planner, take note of things which make you happy everyday. And plan how to make tomorrow even better than today. Print it out or type directly on it!
A free printable daily planner to help you get organized and be more intentional. Print it out or type directly on it!
It is exhausting to be intentional for every decision everyday.
Sometimes we need prompting.
That is why I created this free printable daily planner - to help us get organized and be more intentional. And make it easier for us to do so.
Focus on what went right today. And how we can make tomorrow even better.
I wanted a printable daily planner which is simple and useful and makes me feel good.
Oh, and it has to be easy for us women on the go. So I created this for you to either
print 7 copies every Sunday in A4 size and staple them
or type directly on the planner and save it!
So how do we use this daily planner? Let’s start!
List Only 3 Goals for the Day
Keep our goals at 3 every day. Any more than that and we will feel overwhelmed!
Keep the goals intentional. Make sure these goals are something you TRULY want to achieve today.
Write the small things which made you feel good today
Write ANYTHING which made you feel good today. Genuinely good.
Maybe you saw a stylish lady on the street who made you feel inspired about dressing up.
Maybe you saw a handsome stranger who looked like Liam Hemsworth on the train and you felt dreamy.
Maybe you were at a boutique which had killer views and you felt at peace being there (me at an Apple studio a few days ago).
Seek out the things which make you happy every day.
This makes every day feel special.
And trains us to have a positive and intentional mindset.
It can be as simple as feeling the sun on your face as you walk through a park.
Write as many as you can.
Think how you can make tomorrow better than today
Keep this list to 3 activities so they seem achievable!
My list for this will usually include a couple of these:
Sleep for 9 hours
Do a tech detox 60 minutes before bedtime
Watch a rom-com or funny sitcom
Try a new eyeshadow technique
Every day is different. So your list for today will look different from yesterday’s.
My last thoughts on this printable daily planner:
This daily planner looks simple.
But if we intentionally write in it every day, we will have a positive mindset.
That’s how powerful habits can be.
Print 7 copies of this daily planner in A4 size every Sunday and staple them to keep life simple.
Or just type directly on the document and save it!
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(Free Printable) How to Overcome Perfectionism and be Productive
I will be sharing 5 tips to tone down perfectionism and be productive with your work! You can also download my Pause Perfectionism & Feel Relaxed printable to help you feel calmer during your perfectionism moments.
5 ways to let go of perfectionism and be more productive.
If you are a perfectionist, you can relate to this:
have started and not finished many projects
taking twice or thrice as long to finish something
keep double-checking, changing and re-editing your work. (Till it never gets completed.)
If you want to feel more relaxed and less anxious during your perfectionism moments, you can download my Pause Perfectionism & Feel Relaxed cheat sheet below.
My perfectionist streak is something which annoys me to no end.
That’s because it slows down my progress work-wise.
It has something to do with self doubt, self-worth and confidence.
We are doubting ourselves and our work quality too much.
Wait till you spot someone who has half your experience and no qualifications being ballsy enough to do something you want to do. (Such as launching a business and charging sky-high amounts for their work.)
Then we get frustrated with ourselves.
And wondering why on earth we didn’t overcome our perfectionism, pursue our dream (and stick to it) one year ago.
I have 5 small, beginner strategies to help us all overcome perfectionism in our daily lives.
Perfectionism needs a mindset shift. But mindset shifts take time.
So I’ll share practical, everyday strategies to manage our perfectionism in this blog post.
So you can start overcoming your perfectionism and being more productive today.
If you learn better through videos, I have created one video for this blog post. (full volume needed!)
If you prefer reading, let’s start!
Advice #1: Work within time limits!
Doing work at cafes is great because many of us get bored sitting in one place for hours.
So we have no choice but to whip out our laptops and start working away.
If we know that we get bored after 2 hours, we know that we have 2 hours to finish our work in that sitting.
My favourite trick is to do work on my laptop (and leave my charger at home).
My laptop battery dies after 1.5 hours, so I’ll have no choice but to produce something high-quality within 1.5 hours.
I’ll start working and researching at the speed of light.
Trust me, you’ll be surprised to see the type of quality work you can produce if you are under time pressure.
Some people swear by this free productivity and time management app.
It buzzes off every 25 minutes so we are forced to focus for 25 minutes. It worked for me, but makes me a tad anxious. I prefer longer time limits such as 1.5 hours.
Also…if you are a perfectionist, chances are your work is always a little better quality than non-perfectionists (don’t shoot me!).
Because perfectionists are naturally self-critical and hardwired to produce half-decent work, anytime and anywhere. (Again, please don’t shoot me.)
Advice #2: Stick to your decision
If you are the type who changes her mind multiple times in the middle of a project, it helps to stick to one decision.
Yes, better ideas will hit us along the way.
Yes, our project will be ten times better if we add X,Y and Z to it.
But if we follow our every whim and every urge to improve our project, it won’t be done!
And we add unnecessary stress on ourselves.
Right now, I’m in the middle of writing A Beautiful Mindset ebook to transform women from being self-critical to self-loving.
I wanted to add 101 mindset strategies to this ebook. I have too many ideas.
But if I add all these strategies, I will never be productive and never finish writing this book.
So you can try being satisfied with a modest - but solid - project.
Advice #3: Put Yourself Out There
This is scary but works for us.
Put ourselves out there. Tell people that your project, business, presentation will be done by “31st October” or some other specific date.
Announce it on social media (if it’s relevant to you).
We will be hard-pressed to finish it by its deadline to avoid embarrassment.
If we have to scale down our project to hit the deadline, so be it. At least we are productive and the work gets done!
We can always create another project another time.
Once we finish one project, we will be motivated to finish another one.
Instead of planning one big project after another, we can start by planning and pulling through a couple of small projects first.
Advice #4: Mistakes are not life-threatening
“Many of us live so cautiously just to arrive at death safely.”
I don’t remember where I got the above quote from, but it hits home doesn’t it?
This is my favourite but most difficult mindset shift.
“Mistakes are not fatal.”
“Mistakes are part of life.”
“Mistakes are learning lessons.”
“If we don’t make mistakes, we’ll never learn.”
We’ve all heard the 4 phrases above before.
If you are a perfectionist, the idea of making mistakes makes our skin crawl.
(Making mistakes is for weaklings - that’s the first thought that pops in my mind. Oops)
The only way to embrace mistakes is to make as many mistakes as possible.
Try a new approach.
If we screw up, oh well. Take a couple of days to recover from our embarrassment and try something else.
The most successful people in the world make more mistakes than the average person.
Advice #5: Remember your little successes
I have written a blog post about this before.
Create a success log for yourself.
The idea is to write our most meaningful successes on paper.
Nothing boosts our self-esteem faster than that.
You can download a template for creating your own Success Log here.
My last thoughts on overcoming perfectionism and remaining productive.
Perfectionism needs mindset shifts.
Perfectionists link our self-worth with our ability to avoid mistakes.
Don’t hold off starting or completing a project because it’s ‘not perfect enough’.
There are many other people with half your talent and half your skills enjoying much success doing what you want to do.
Let’s accept that we are all valuable yet imperfect human beings.
If you want to feel relaxed and less anxious during your perfectionism moments, you can download my Pause Perfectionism & Feel Relaxed worksheet below.
See you in my next post!
Shikah
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(Free Printable) How to Start Finding Your Purpose and Improve Self Worth
I’ll be sharing 4 strategies to help you find your life purpose and improve your self worth! You can download ‘My Life Purpose’ action sheet to bring you 1 step closer to finding out your bigger purpose in life.
I’ll be sharing 4 ways to help you find your bigger purpose and increase your self-worth.
The reason I want to write about finding your purpose is because it will help you feel worthy in life.
You may be jobless, single, an ‘outcast’ or ‘weird’ but if you know your bigger purpose, those labels won’t bother you.
Finding our purpose is simple but not easy.
Because nobody can tell you if your purpose is right or wrong. So we’ll fumble through life trying new things until we feel inner peace.
If you learn better by watching videos, you can watch the video I created specially for this blog post:
If you want a shortcut and get one step closer to finding out what your purpose is, you can download ‘My Life Purpose’ Action Sheet below.
Let’s begin!
1. Purpose and joy are interlinked.
I am not a spirituality expert.
But the experts always link ‘finding your purpose’ with what gives us ‘joy’.
According to them, our emotions act as a compass in our lives.
So if we feel joyful, free and light doing something, that activity is linked to our purpose in this life.
If we feel dread, heaviness and fear, we are probably not supposed to do that thing.
It sounds rather simple.
I want to add ‘fulfilment’ to this:
Joy + Fulfilment = Our Bigger Purpose
If you can find work which give you BOTH joy and fulfilment, you are lucky.
I want to be practical here and say that in all the work we do, there will be aspects we dislike.
But if overall, you feel joy and fulfilment 70% of the time, you are in a good place!
2. What are your natural talents?
Aha. Do you know what your natural talents are?
Your natural talent(s) is something:
which is easy for you to do, but challenging for other people
in fact, sometimes you are bewildered at how other people do not know what you know!
which you love doing since you were about 6 years old. (Take note that you may be suppressing these talents during your childhood if your parents disapproved of them)
Sometimes you discover your natural talents when you are much older.
And that is okay because all our life journeys are different.
Again, if something is effortless for you to do but difficult for some other people, it may be your natural talent.
3. Ask people for their opinions!
I like this suggestion.
If you are truly clueless, start asking your trusted friends, family members, colleagues for their perspective on your talents.
You will notice some similarities in their responses.
If you feel embarrassed asking people “What do you think I’m talented in?” you can tell them your perspective on their talents and then asking them to return the favour.
If you still can’t get yourself to ask other people what your talents are, you might find my article ‘How Not to Care What Other People Think and Live Your Purpose’ helpful!
4. Complete ‘My Life Purpose’ Action Sheet
I created ‘My Life Purpose’ Action Sheet to help you get 1 step closer to finding your purpose.
I feel strongly for women building their self worth!
Self worth will ensure you stay comfortable in your own skin even if life throws curveballs at you.
You will remain calm and level-headed even if you don’t fit in. Even if you lose your job. Even if you lose a relationship.
Because you know that you have a much bigger purpose on this Earth.
My last thought on finding your purpose and improving self worth
Everyone has a ‘medicine’ which helps heal the people around them. What’s yours?
It’s time to find out!
Meanwhile, have a good week.
Shikah
(Video) How Not to Care What People Think and Live Freely
If you are doing something new and you are self-conscious about what people will think of you, I have 5 mindset shifts which can help you overcome that fear!
Having self-esteem means we have the courage to chase our goals and live freely.
If you are doing something for the first time (or doing something different), you may be worried about what your friends, ex-colleagues, relatives will say about you.
Don’t let this worry hold you back!
Watch my latest YouTube video where I’ll be sharing 5 mindset shifts you can adopt to live more freely.
(Free Printable) 25 Ideas to Start Intentional Living
I created a printable, 25 Days of Intentional Living, to help you kick-start your intentional living journey. I hope these activities will help you be more present in your everyday life!
When I wrote How to Start Intentional Living and Feel in Control of Your LIfe: 5 Ways, I didn’t know many people are interested in this topic. Many people are keen to know how to be more present amidst the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
You can learn 5 strategies to be intentional if you have a busy lifestyle in this blog post.
Because many of us are practical and like to take action, I created the printable below: 25 Days of Intentional Living.
How do I use this printable?
If you are ambitious, you can aim for 1 activity a day.
If you like taking things slow (like myself), you can intentionally choose which activities you would like to do for this month.
And circle those activities on the printable when you are done!
You can download the 25 Days of Intentional Living printable below!
A 25-Day Intentional Living List to kick-start your intentional living journey.
unplug for 1 hour before bedtime
write down 3 things to accomplish tomorrow
Focus on your lunch without your phone
savour a mug of coffee slowly without phones (and people)
do a 15-minute yoga sequence from YouTube (eg: Yoga with Adrienne)
write in your journal for 10 minutes or more
wake up 30 minutes earlier + enjoy your shower and getting dressed
meditate for 20 minutes (eg. Jason Stephenson on YouTube)
read a book for 15 minutes or more with your phone away
go out for a walk in nature for 15 mins or more
enjoy playing with your pet or child for 15 minutes with no screens around
put your phone away whilst in a cab or subway and observe the people + sights around you
have lunch with a friend (or by yourself) and keep your phone in your bag the whole time
do intuitive walking.
cook or bake something you are excited about
enjoy a long, hot shower
read a magazine or newspaper from cover to cover
create a vision board for next year’s goals
have tea or lunch at a cafe you have always wanted to try
take a short trip (solo or not) to somewhere you’ve always wanted to go
mask, wash + blow dry your hair slowly and enjoy the process
unsubscribe from emails + unfollow IG accounts you don’t enjoy
create something you enjoy. (a hp wallpaper, a blog article, a video)
listen to motivational podcasts or audiobooks you enjoy
mindfully eat a meal which nourishes your body
I would like to know which of these 25 activities will work for you!
If you like another hands-on approach, you can check out my TOP 7 intentional living worksheets which you can download for free!
Meanwhile, have a good week.
Shikah