5 Things to Reset Your Planner or Calendar Before the New Year | VLOGmas 2024 Day 19

Do you want to take charge of your year before it even starts? Well, let's reset your planner so that you step into the new year feeling organized focused and ready. Hi friends, I'm Simply Cherie, and we are continuing our 5-day miniseries focused on our home office or workspace. We are going to talk about five things that you can do to reset your planner or calendar so that you're ready for the new year. Number one review important dates and events so there's something called a perpetual calendar you can actually buy little booklets or have a PDF printout or a planner insert or even something digital uh on your laptop or iPad or phone where it means Perpetual because it it happens again again again it doesn't end so example birthdays anniversaries maybe even death anniversary are things that you can put in your calendar already because you know the day it's going to happen so for example in January we celebrate our anniversary and we are going to be 30 years married what a feat what an accomplishment uh my husband is also surprised too I'm surprised so we have our 30-year anniversary and uh by the way I got married when I was 25 my husband was 28 he just celebrated his birthday yesterday we went out to to this really beautiful Thai restaurant um and so now we're 55 and 58 can you imagine that yeah I can't imagine that so his birthday by the way really hit hard for me I was like man you're almost 60 anyway age is just a number right so things like that anniversaries uh birthdays right put those in maybe your friend's birthdays uh your kids' birthdays cuz you know that's going to happen then there are things that are occurring events so example you probably or you might host a certain holiday every single year so example if you do maybe the 4th of July barbecue party because you have the best pool in the neighborhood or something like that or you just love entertaining put that in already or you're the one hosting Thanksgiving this year again put that in there are also times when by this time where you know the vacations you're going to take so for my job um because I do uh work aside from doing YouTube we have an annual meeting and it's always in a different place so sometimes it's in Europe sometimes it's in the US last time was in San Francisco this year it was in San Francisco last time it was in Soul South Korea and by the way I have a second YouTube channel that I've uh I'm restarting again I did it for a little while about a year ago so I'm restarting it and it's called simply sharing travel so if you want to see how I pack um maybe some travel Vlogs and definitely hotel reviews then you can go check out that check that out I'll put the link in the description box but um we were in Soul uh South Korea last time and then this coming year in 2025 we are planning to go to Turkey oh I'm so excited I love traveling so if I'm not home organizing then I'm traveling so put in your vacations work trips those are usually you usually know those kind of a little bit in advance and most schools or universities they already have their kind of you know their major holidays or closed days already out for the next school year so you could look that up online or your school's website or your your University's website and put those in right I always like to do that in December or January to see even in the fall when uh the holidays are for my daughter my son's not in school anymore he's completely adulting and so it's just my daughter that I have to look at as far as um holidays with their schools because you plan around those right or you plan for those so these recurring events or special holidays or um parties that you throw they don't come upon you like surprise right like you know it's coming um hopefully your spouse knows when the your anniversary is many times they're surprised too right anyway the whole reason you put these dates and events into your calendar now is so that you avoid surprises and you stay on top of what matters most number two set your goals for the year now we know that goals isn't just wishes and dreams and aspirations you actually put what you want to accomplish by when and how now if you don't want to get that deep or that uh detailed that's okay you can still just write aspirations and kind of goals but me personally for me goals are what I'm going to accomplish by what date or by what month and how I'm going to do it so for example you want to get your kitchen organized so that's an aspiration that's a wish that's a hope that's uh and that's great right but you can make it a goal more by saying I am going to to get my pantry organized by March of 2025 or whatever year it is and I'm going to do that by watching simply Sherry's videos because she is coming out with a uh how to organize your pantry uh mini course okay or something like that so watch out for that so I would set out larger category goals like personal family career and then under under those you could break it down more so let's say under personal you might put Fitness under family is you might want to teach your kids whatever it is you want to teach them under career you might uh have your different career goals or uh whether it's like a raise or you know being um you know getting employee of the month or things like that having clear goals doesn't just give you a sense of direction but actual Direction because you have the what when how and you can even put the why so that when you look back at your goals you know because it's should be there it shouldn't be buried like at the bottom of your desk drawer or stuffed into uh some luggage that you used last time you were on a work trip it should really be up front and center so you can revisit it whether it's once a week every month and see like okay this is why not just what goal I want to accomplish but why I want to accomplish it number three create monthly themes or Focus areas assign a specific theme or Focus for the month so for example let's say January you want to focus on decluttering right and that can go as deep and wide as you wanted to or it could just you could just be touching base or putting your feet in the water you can decide every week I'm going to declutter 10 items per week or I'm going to declutter for 10 minutes a week that's what you can do but you at the end of the month versus no decluttering now you've had either 40 minutes of decluttering 40 items that have been decluttered and look forward to my January series where I will be sharing every week 10 items that you can declutter in a certain area of your home yes there is a lot coming in the next year from this channel I'm so excited I actually have the whole year planned out for my channel so I'm excited about that I'm finally ahead and I'm not chasing the year so if you're doing decluttering in January February because it's Valentine's you might have a theme of self-care this is where you do things that you love to do whether it's reading you know that gets you energized or it's taking a lot more naps go using that massage certificate that hopefully somebody gave you or you treat yourself to a spa or maybe a facial or um spending time with girlfriends having afternoon tea whatever is your self care uh do those in February if that's going to be your theme for the month or your birthday month right like let's never celebrate anymore just like a birth day it should be a birth month right maybe a birth year but at least a birth month birth week right and so if my birthday is in June maybe my focus for June is celebrating me right uh and it's not really just about self-care but really celebrating my birth oh my birth that sounded weird but celebrating that I was born okay right and a lot of times you know we don't have enough self-love or really um you know sometimes accolades come far and few between if we're surrounded by people who are not expressive that way but it doesn't mean you don't have accolades or accomplishments or things that you need to give a pat on your shoulder or give yourself an Applause so if other people don't do it I'm not saying that people don't do that in my life I'm just giving an example use your birth month as a focus or a theme of celebrating who you are uh what you've achieved and what you've not achieved right things that where um you know maybe people don't even need to know but it's something for you I think we need that time to uh you know like self-acceptance self assuredness uh I think is important it's something that I believe in you know for myself I believe in it for my kids uh especially uh one thing I love about even when it's their birthdays it could be your theme you know for that month of if it's like for example my my kids luckily we're born in the same month so I could focus on that month as far as my theme for this month is I'm going to make sure that I express or I do something special for my kids and the same thing for um my husbands in December because a lot of times it's the holidays right but it's also his birthday and he grew up feeling like his birthday was never remembered because it's a week before Christmas right so or he would instead of getting a birthday gift and a Christmas gift he would just get one gift so he always felt like um I don't know the right word short-handed uh anyway so he that was just something you know that was like uh impressed onto him that sometimes it's hard to shake off but anyway through our 30 years of marriage he's definitely had a separate birthday and separate Christmas in our household if you found these three tips so far helpful then go ahead and subscribe to my YouTube channel especially for those of you who are new so that you can continue to declutter and get organized number four plan key deadlines and appointments so example work projects maybe you know when the launch of a certain product or service is going to be or you have a special event or you're moving offices you know those kind of uh bigger deadlines you can go ahead and put them into your calendar and you can actually work backwards to make sure that you're going to hit that deadline you might also have a uh stuff like recurring doctor appointments and you don't know exactly when the doctor appointment is but you know okay usually um I need let's say the the dentist right you go get your teeth cleaned every 6 months so if you hadn't um set that appointment from your last appointment go ahead and set it now or um you know maybe something you had the appointment and then something happened uh that you had to cancel that day and you forgot to go back and reschedule so go ahead and reschedule those appointments or you have your yearly checkup with the doctor so you can set that appointment now especially uh let's say for women we need our yearly checkup or we need certain checkups for different parts of our body so set up those appointments and by planning these key deadlines what you're going to do is reduce your stress right it's not like oh my gosh it's two Saturdays from now I have this or in 3 weeks this deadline for work um is due but I haven't started on this part of the project so it's going to uh allow you to have less stress because now you're more prepared just seeing it in your calendar if you need a little bit more help decluttering and organizing then please sign up for my Weekly Newsletter it's called Tuesday Transformations and I give you more howto like this tips tools and encouragement so that you would have less stress and more Peace by creating a home you love when you sign up you will receive six free printables from me that will help you start decluttering again the link is in the description box below number five add buffer time for rest and self-care listen my friend you have got to schedule in your schedule rest days regular breaks and self-care moments you know what they always say on every Airline on every airplane that takes off where do you put the oxygen mask first do you put it on your kid or do you put it on yourself well you put it on yourself right because those few seconds if you put on your kid between that time you could pass out right so you put it on yourself first and then you have the energy and the focus to put it on your kid and this is the same direction year after year after year after DEC on every airline in any language but when it comes to us like we don't understand the language we forget we get distracted we don't understand we feel guilty and I think that's the main thing is we feel guilt to take care of ourselves well we need to stop feeling guilty because if you're not doing well you're not taking care of yourself I mean how in the world can you take care of other people and you know there's lots of memes and jokes like you know when that thing that circles because it's buffering it's thinking and a lot of times we think like okay that's not a good thing because it should be fast it should happen now like why is it taking so long right and we just want things here and now but we we need that buffer right it's more of not that way but thinking of you know um let's you you do bumper cars and you have like that bumper it buffers you so that the impact is not so hard right and there and you need the buffer time so that you don't burn out right so that you can take care of others I think it's just a muscle that we need to keep working on right once you stop working out right like the muscle atrophies very quickly so if you have forgotten how to uh have rest days or regular breaks it's just a matter of starting back up again and then building it up so that it becomes a regular part of your life so example look on your Saturdays so when I was a soccer mom and both my kids were in soccer you know the Saturdays were taken so it was hard to take self um you know breaks on Saturdays because we'd be out all day and then we would have our family time um during the you know dinner time and into the evening so Saturdays were pretty much taken so then I would have to look at Sunday so late uh kind of like Sunday afternoon for a couple hours and then after dinner those were my me times that's when I like to read I remember uh reading was like a big thing for me at that time I'd prepare for the week I'd prepare my bag for the week and so even being organized and preparing for the week I consider that self-care because it helped me get into a mental space before I started my work week or now maybe you're not a soccer mom and they not there are no extracurricular activities on Saturday but sometimes what we do because we're Social Butterflies we pack every Friday night and Saturday night with dinners potlucks events parties and then when you look back on the last two months you're just like why am I so tired and you see that every Saturday every Friday was taken up that's okay it's it's fine to be a social butterfly but um I think sometimes it's good to just take a little bit of a break cuz you're if you're especially if you're working all week or you're with your kids all week and being at parties and events are still outward Focus right you're still talking and you're still giving to people and uh maybe you have good conversations and you get filled up by that but it's you can also get filled up by having a rest by having time with your yourself maybe just having time with your spouse having just time with your kids you know it's it you just need to just slow it down just a little bit so putting this buffer time is meant to support you so so that you have a balanced and realistic life number one review important dates and events number two set your goals for the year number three create monthly themes or Focus areas number four plan key deadlines and appointments number five add buffer time for rest and self-care well friends I hope resetting your planner or calendar before the new year has been helpful if you're new reminded to sub to my channel so you can continue to declutter and organize and my newsletter link is in the description box stay tuned for the next video where we will talk about five things to refresh your home office or workspace [Music]