I am currently writing a Self-Aware Journal/Daily Planner. I am asking for your help. As a thank you for giving me feedback on this project, I will send you a copy when it is completed.
{I am writing this Dr. Rob post in the goal-setting format I have used for 50 years.}
- What is my goal: My short-term goal for this month is to create a daily journal for my students and coaching clients.
- By when? I intend to have it ready by the first day of my U of M class, September 6, 2017.
- Why? I intend to use the journal with the 45 students in my class for seniors at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. I will use it in conjunction with my book, Self-Aware: A Guide for Success in Work and Life, which I created and used in the classes last year. http://self awareness: a guide for success in work and life I am developing this journal because I have long been obsessed with the search to find a great journal that will help me stay focused on what needs to be done today while enabling me to consider my long-term goals, and keep in mind on my purpose and values. My effort to create a journal is focused on the idea of helping people become more self-aware every day. Through the daily practice of self-awareness journaling, I have found that people can become happier, more successful, and can be better members of their teams and families.
- How will I do It? I will work on this book in collaboration with my teaching assistant, U of M senior Sean Dew, and a few other collaborators from Ann Arbor and around the country.
- How can you help? You can help me in this endeavor by reviewing some key topics that I plan to include in the journal and giving me feedback on the project as I move along.
As a reward for your efforts, I will supply a free copy of the journal to everyone who participates in the feedback process. In a way, this is my own “kickstarter” project.
Here are some of the items I am considering including in the journal. Each journal entry will cover two pages/day with these suggestions embedded. These are derived from my own experience journaling and from reviews from other journals on the market. This product is intended to be a planner and a daily journal.
- What are the abundances of your day? By this I mean things you’re grateful for, appreciate, compliments you receive, things you do for others, moments of beauty or humor, etc.
- What are your scheduled appointments for the day and what you hope to achieve as a result of those appointments?
- What are your top three goals for the day? Please star the one that is most important – the one that you most want and need to get done to make it a good day. ( I also encourage people to start their work day by putting in at least a few minutes on their top goal).
- What lessons about yourself have you learned today? I believe that we are all in the constant process of learning about ourselves as a way to improve. Life is a constant process of thinking, taking action, making mistakes, and learning from these mistakes.
- What have you done today to take care of yourself and those you love? Without physical, mental, and spiritual self-care, we are unable to achieve what we need to do to sustain our own well-being. Without thinking of what we have done for others, we can never achieve true fulfillment.
Here is what you can do to help me in this project?
- What do you think of these for topics for the self-awareness journal?
- What else do you suggest I include?
- Do you have a journaling or daily planning process? If so, what is it and how is it working for you?
- Any other comments?
Thank you for your participation.