The Effortless Everyday: How to design your daily life to free up time and energy for what really matters

Start Over by examining how you spend your day. “Dump out” the contents of your schedule: put every activity and commitment on paper, so you can see it all laid out in front of you. List everything: going to work, getting your nails done, shopping for groceries, going for coffee, doing the laundry, reading the newspaper, cooking dinner, watching te

Now, imagine your ideal day. Which activities would you include, and which would you omit? Of course, you’ll probably still need to go to work and cook dinner; but would you visit the park instead of the coffee shop, or do yoga instead of surfing the Internet? How closely does your ideal schedule match your real one?

“What is your approach to life?” “What really matters to you?” “How do you want to spend your time on the planet?” Your Daily Checklist is an opportunity to take your answers to those questions and translate them into specific items that you can check off throughout your day. You’re taking big ideas and making them small and achievable.