| What is the first thing you do each morning? No, | | | | mind. After I was finished, I sent the email to myself |
| smart aleck, I mean AFTER you hit your computer's | | | | and shut down my computer. |
| on button. | | | | The next morning (after a very peaceful night's |
| I'll bet you connect to the Internet and check your | | | | sleep), there was my email waiting for me to print |
| email. If you don't, you have way too much self | | | | out. Instead of my having to think about what to do |
| discipline and maybe you should consider therapy. For | | | | first thing in the morning -- which is an impossibility |
| those of you who HAVE to have your morning fix- | | | | without at least three cups of coffee -- my day was |
| reading email while you sip your java, tea or mineral | | | | planned. |
| spring water - this little hint is going to make your | | | | Surprisingly, this helped me dig right in on what |
| day. Or, to be more exact, make your night. | | | | needed to be done without wasting valuable time. I |
| Being an extremely busy person, I tend to organize | | | | left the email on my computer and that night I hit |
| tasks I hate into less disagreeable forms. And, one of | | | | the reply to button, took off what I had |
| the tasks I hate is making "to do" lists. Others might | | | | accomplished that day and added more for the next |
| call them "goal" lists. Whatever words are used, they | | | | day thus clearing my mind again. |
| are a royal pain. | | | | Pretty soon this became a regular thing and I found I |
| Why? Because by the mere act of writing them out, | | | | no longer hated "to do/goal lists" because by |
| these "jobs" have taken on importance and must get | | | | "emailing my brain to tomorrow," I could enjoy the |
| done or I get the guilts. So I developed my "email | | | | rest of the evening without guilt. |
| your brain to tomorrow" concept. | | | | So try my technique before you shut down your |
| This concept came to me one night before going to | | | | computer and see, if you too, don't receive the |
| bed. My brain was filled with the day's business and I | | | | same benefits. Sure you could use a program where |
| knew, if I didn't clear it, I would have trouble getting | | | | you input this stuff or even a text editor, but your |
| to sleep. | | | | email program is so much more convenient. Usually it's |
| Since I was already in my email software program, I | | | | the first thing you look at every morning and the last |
| hit the compose button and started writing out what | | | | thing before you shut down each night. |
| I needed to do the next day. The more I wrote, the | | | | Just make sure your subject line is in CAPITALS and |
| more relaxed I became because I was clearing my | | | | has a "catchy" title. |