31 Days to a Super-Purposeful Schedule #write31days

“If you choose your life’s work well, something bewitching can happen through your labors. Each hour you log can be a source of joy.”

— -Laura Vanderkam, Author of 168 Hours

Life is too sweet for every day to be lived in chaos.

I was realizing earlier this season that my life can get really, really chaotic. As much as I'm obsessed with planning and organizing it all out into a stack of pretty notebooks, it still tends to get messy if I get distracted for too long. 

I work from home as a graphic designer with three kids under 5. One has autism, one is a tiny adult chatterbox and the youngest is learning to crawl and can occasionally be found eating my plants. (Micah -5, Ari -3, Simon -9 months) These crazy littles and my silly-sweet husband were entrusted to me and they deserve the world. So I want to use my time wisely. 

I want to be super-purposeful.

I want to be sure I'm taking care of the important and not just the urgent. Not just to accomplish more tasks but to be faithful to the mission I feel God has given me.

You too? Awesome! Let's start with our schedules.

This month is the #write31days challenge! The month's overview is below and will get updated often so bookmark this page (or subscribe to get on the email list below.) I'm also releasing a part of the workbook to subscribers each week so these ideas will be really actionable! 

The 31 Day Series Overview

PART 1 // CLEAN UP 

• More Is Not Always Better: Do Some Editing

• The Schedule Makeover (Before Shot)

• Make Some Crazy-Purposeful Life Goals

• Take Small Steady Steps

• Set Up A Block Schedule

• The Key to Being Consistent

• Make Space to Breathe: Scheduling Rest

PART 2 // BATCHING

• The Art of Batch Processing

• Batch Process Your Social Media Content

• Why Your Blog Needs a Recipe

• Purposeful Meal-Planning

• A Steady, Not Stressful, Cleaning Plan

• How to Master Your Email Inbox

• How to Batch Process Your Creative Projects

• Build Your Own Stock Photo Library

PART 3 // SYSTEMS

• Systems Overview: Working On the Business vs. Just Working In It

• Mondays: Making Time to Serve Your Customers

• Tuesdays: How to Maintain Your Blog & Website

• Wednesdays: Create Systems for Selling Your Work

• Thursdays: Systems to Measure Your Marketing Efforts

• Fridays: How to Get Organized With Admin Systems

• Seasonally: 3 Ideas for your Brand Design Systems

PART 4 // BEST PRACTICES

• When You Just Have to Say No

• 9 Ways to Boost Your Energy

• How Thankfulness Can Make You More Productive

• How I Plan My Day

• Start a Weekly Plan Hour

• Creating a Monthly Calendar (That You'll Actually Use)

• Tackle The Year Plan

• Q + As

Each of these topics will be linked as we get to them so be sure to come back here if you miss a day! I'd love for you to team up with me, sending me your thoughts and questions to be answered over Twitter or on Q&A day.

Here's to getting super-purposeful friends!

xo, Laurie

This series is part of the #write31days challenge! See more 31 Days series here.