The Grid
A Failsafe for a Wandering Right-Brain

This is a confession, about which I have mentioned before in essays.  I am a wandering right-brained person.  Additionally, I would not have it any other way.  I benefit from having my right hemisphere being dominant.  I love the creativity that being right-brained provides.  There are only a few things about which I am driven organizationally.  Aside from teaching where I am organized to a fault, I am pretty much right-brained dominant.

While I delight in the manner that I function in life, there are some drawbacks.  Often, I cannot find things due to not filing them in either my home or my computer.  My house tends to look less well kept than I would prefer.  As a consequence, my creative-side suffers.  In the past, I have written about organizing my writing.  This is a recent screen-shot of my schedule.

The Grid

This does work to organize my time and effort for my essays.  However, there is another organizing grid for life in general.  I came up with this grid years ago.  However, I filed it and forgot where I saved it.  This grid addresses things to be done daily, monthly, and yearly.  When I have this grid on my desk, I am less stressed and more productive. 

Things that must be done this week:

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"Each morning we are born again, what we do today is what matters most." Buddha


Things that must be done this month:

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"You can believe you can or you can believe you can't; either way, you will be correct." Henry Ford


Things that must be done this year:

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"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." Martin Luther King

This grid, when used, works wonders for someone like me who is a wandering right-brained person.  Nevertheless, if you are left-brained, this grid can enhance your ability to manage and accomplish far more.  Both right and left-brained people can benefit from this failsafe grid.

This attachment will provide a grid sheet for you.

09/14/15