Last weekend I had a lovely day out with some of my fabulous relatives. We catch up as regularly as diaries allow and it’s always good to see everyone and hear the latest news from them all.
We arranged it a few weeks ago and then a week before we went realised that we were quite a large group and didn’t have anything booked, so we all swapped a few messages about where we might go.
I had a quick think about what might work and decided Italian was a good option but it was important it felt special given it was a rare day out, and I settled on a restaurant that I knew would have really good food and great service too.
Whilst I was thinking about it I picked up my phone, googled them, and called to check they could fit us in. Happily it was a yes, so I messaged everyone to say I’d booked something and would be happy to change it if they preferred something else but to look at the menu and let me know.
And that’s essentially Think, Do. When you think about something, take action on it. I read about this around twenty years ago and I’ve been doing it since then and I find it really works for me.
If you think something, but don’t take action on it, it takes up vital space in your brain, with your brain trying to push it to that front of your mind at the right time. Which it rarely does, how often have you meant to do something and realised too late? Not a reliable resource I’m afraid!
So next time a thought pops into your head and it needs action, do something with it. Whether it’s taking the action, or setting a reminder to do something, get it out of your brain and into a system that means you won’t forget it. Which will free your brain power up to use on something more important instead!
Anyway, the day out was a resounding success, the restaurant was very good and the food delicious, and we had lots of giggles too. We also made a new plan, which was to always arrange our next get together while we’re on the current one so we can coordinate diairies more easily and always have our next catch up booked in. How super-efficient are we?!
Give Think, Do a try and see how much more efficient it makes you. And if you’re in the middle of something and need to set a reminder, Siri is a great way to do this quickly. Try it and see, I’d love to hear how you get on.