511 - What is the Executive Function of Planning

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we continue our series exploring executive functions today we get to talk about planning.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can you hear it in my voice? Planning is my FAVORITE-IST thing!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Planning is so much more than filling in a planner or checking boxes. Planning is purposefully setting aside time and deciding how you want to show up in the next season. Decide what rules you want to make for your next season so you can be as proactive as you want to be. It’s time to dream about what is possible, about what you want to change, and about what you don’t want to change. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At</span> <a href= "https://organize365.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Organize 365®</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, I offer LIVE Planning Days for home and work where I teach you how to proactively plan. They are conveniently scheduled around natural</span> <a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/golden-windows"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Golden Windows</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Golden windows is a phrase I created to help articulate different times that are optimal for getting started on your transformational journey to organizing. Learn more about golden windows in</span> <a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/golden-windows"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">podcast 242 - Golden Windows of Organizing Opportunity.</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You do realize, without knowing it, there are about three times a year we shift in life?  These are what I like to call Golden Windows.  This is a time to organize and plan.  Effective planning going into these golden windows can have a profound impact on your organizational transformation because your organizing energy is naturally higher than normal. And with a plan in hand you can really capitalize on that energy. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weig