Can you summarize it on an index card, the main parts of the plan?

Can you explain it to a 10-year-old before you lose them to boredom?

A good plan is a simple plan.

A good plan has only a few big points. You can remember them. You can see how they relate to each other. You can understand how point 1 relates to point 2. You know why each point is in there. You know what it’s doing. If you don’t know, get it out.

GARDEN/notes/Not having a plan means making more decisions; if possible, GARDEN/notes/To save time, plan your day ahead of time; keep your plan simple.

Block out your top three tasks for the day, note your other obligations, get rid of anything you can get rid of before the day arrives.

Planning to tackle more than three major tasks in a day? Don’t do it. Spread it out over the week.

Block in time for rest, family, yourself, whatever you need. Make appointments. If you want to reserve some time but don’t know what for, exactly, just don’t want it to be available, block it out with some sort of imaginary commitment. Nobody but you has to know it’s imaginary.

Plan your top priorities, stick to them, and let the rest of the details fall in where there’s space.