Scheduling self-work

Today I spent about an hour working on Style Statement, a book on many of our reading lists right now.

As I mentioned earlier this week, in January I didn’t make time for dedicated self work, so one of my February goals was to schedule specific time for this each week in February. On Monday, I blocked out time for this into my schedule for the week.

That is really what made all the difference.

All week, I knew that come Friday evening, I could set my daily work aside and work on myself. Just like any other major event in the course of a week, it had a place in the back of my mind.

That doesn’t mean I wasn’t tempted to ignore my own schedule and keep on working, because I was. But I knew that I wouldn’t skip a meeting, or a class I had paid for, or my daily work, all of which get scheduled in my chronotebook. So there was no reason I could actually skip my self-work.

It was amazing to sit down with a mug of tea and work on my Style Statement for an hour. It was amazing to know that I had permission to do it, because I gave myself permission by scheduling it into my week. And because it had been pre-scheduled, I knew that my other daily work had to be completed by then, so it was. What a phenomenally simple way to prioritize your own self-work!

Have you found yourself skipping your self-work? 
What do you think about scheduling it into your planner a week ahead of time?