April 8, 2021 by Sarra Cannon
It’s that time again! One of my favorite times of year! I’m resetting my goals and my Kanban board for Q2 of 2021. Woohoo!
In today’s video, as well as showing you how Q1 went and my plans for Q2, I thought it was important to talk a little about my struggles, along with my accomplishments.
Hopefully, this will show you how important it is to plan in 90 day chunks, so you have a chance to review what’s working and what isn’t working. In today’s video, I talk about what worked for me, but I also go over what wasn’t working in Q1 and what I’m changing to make things better in Q2 this year.
In the HB90 planner, I have weekly, monthly and quarterly reviews. This is where the magic of all your planning really happens! They are really helpful in realizing where you can make improvements, so you can make changes before things go too far. You celebrate your wins AND see where things could have gone differently.
This previous quarter was one of my best ones yet and I am so proud of that! Here are some of the things I achieved:
Watch the video to see what else I am very happy about!
How did your Q1 go? Let me know!
When you do your reviews, you realize where and how you need to make changes to have your plan work for you.
In today’s Kanban Board Reset video, I also talk about some of my struggles from Q1, and how I plan to overcome them in Q2.
One of the main things I struggled with was anxiety. It seems strange that anxiety would ramp up just when things are going so well in my career, but that’s the way it’s always been for me. It’s like I hit this Upper Limit (Read Gay Hendrick’s Book The Big Leap to see what I’m talking about here), and I just start to feel major anxiety with every step forward.
In order to change things up and reduce anxiety and self-sabotage in Q2, I am planning to make the following major changes:
These are some of the main things I’ll be focusing on in Q2 to help reduce my anxiety.
Another big change I’m making is to track my time a bit differently. Instead of just going hour by hour, I’m going to break each hour of my day into 2 “Task Blocks”. This is basically a way of incorporating the Pomodoro Method into my HB90 Method plan.
Each day, I’ll identify how many “task blocks” I have available, estimate what work I can get done within those blocks, and create a plan based on those estimates. At the end of the day, I’ll examine my estimates vs reality and adjust my plan accordingly. This is going to give me so much more awareness about how I am spending my time.
It’s also, I’m hoping, going to help me stay more accountable to my intentions.
I plan to do a full video walkthrough of my planner and this new system separately, and if it works out, I’ll most likely add this task block system to my HB90 Method, so stay tuned to hear how it goes.
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Thank for the post! It was really nice to read. I think I am going to have to think about using your planning method. It sounds really effective. My Q1 went pretty well. I didn’t read as much as I would have wanted to thought, so I need to work on that! Good luck with your next quater!