Crafting a working project plan for me for 2025
This blog post concerns finding a project plan and crafting one that works for me in 2025. Being dyslexic means I am neurodivergent. Having a touch of ADHD which is typical of many dyslexics. ADHD can make your mind be all over the place. There are things I want to do and things I need to do. I needed to look at why the two tools I attempted to use last year did not work for me. These tools are the 12 week plan and the Bullet Journal. Neither of these two systems worked for me. I needed to find a reason why and fix this life problem.
Why the fails last year?
I may have too many choices each day. But even more as I attempted to plan using these two tools, I suffered a bit of anxiety. I would rather play a few games of solitaire than look at my task list and do my tasks on the list. Also I would misplace my 12 week plan task list and/or bullet journal. Then I read this per Zoe Saldaña, who has opened up about having both dyslexia and anxiety at the Golden Globes about being dyslexic at the beginning of her speech onstage. “I know I don’t have much time, and I have dyslexia so I tend to forget when I’m really anxious and I’m filled with,” she said as she fought back tears of joy. She knows her condition can cause her to “go blank,” when the adrenaline kicks in”. I don’t have adrenaline kick in or do I?
I related to that feeling
I don’t have the adrenaline kick. However, Neurodiversity has a wide area of different symptoms for us. For me it maybe so many past emotional hurts of failures. So I worked to attempt, since last November, to release my emotional pains from the past. Conversely, I would look at my due dates and feel over whelmed. Then my mind would go blank. Hours would pass before I could get moving!
Is it “Just” a task list
So maybe I need to just look at a task list as just a list and not a form of punishment. I saw the task list as a form of punishment and due dates as items that caused me a bit of panic. Could I take a deep breath and move on? Write the tasks down and put them with my projects. Maybe the key was to keep them keep it simple and easy. Be sure to schedule in breaks. Yet, still I have a touch of panic. Drawing little pictures in the bullet journal did not help. Seeing the dead lines in the 12 week plan caused a feeling of being over whelmed. Playing solitaire and doom scrolling on electronic devices stopped the feeling. I could go to another world on YouTube, my iPhone and iPad.
Keep it simple and easy
Thus a task list appears to not be simple and easy for me. Planning apps did not work for me. What tool could I use? I know what I need to do but I don’t want to do the tasks. So what is the reason behind the stalling? I needed to do some behavioral research. What I found was an ingredient from my life back when I was happier and productive. Exercise! I was not including exercise in my plans and daily life. It was a thought but not an action.
Therefore I revised my project plans
Make a list and go for a run, walk or do a short 15 minute bike ride. Also throw in doing some weight work outs. Then come back to the list and do tasks. Will this give me a mind reset and the list looked simple then, no stress no anxiety. Well I am going to attempt and see. Therefore, maybe just maybe I can craft a working project plans for me for 2025. More later on this! I still need to keep up my writing skills.