You will experience the true magic of the holidays from going through the Holiday Blitz® Mini Planning Day and the Holiday Blitz®. This planning will allow you to experience the holidays with a calm while still creating all the memories you planned.
CEO Managing Vs. CEO Planning
Did you know organizing and planning are executive functions? It’s a skill. And just like any other skill the more you you it, the better you get at it. You may have weekly planning of all the invisible work and repetitive tasks down. Now it’s time to plan as that same CEO Home manager but for the holidays. In order to set realistic expectations, consider your time, emotional bandwidth, and finances.
And the very first step is going to be a lil selfish and ask yourself “What do I want?” We spend energy on making the holidays what everyone else wants, but what do you the magic maker want? The data is in from the Holiday Blitz® surveys (what they want) and it’s time to make a plan. The CEO is in charge of looking ahead and delegating where time, people resources, and financial resources will be spent. This planning will make visible all the invisible tasks to make the event happen, time leading up to an event, and help you anticipate roadblocks.
Anticipate Roadblocks
You don’t want a roadblock to derail your plan. Let’s look into the future. You think “Great, I have 6 weeks to create holiday magic!” But do you? No, No you do not. You need to factor in that you will still have weekly household work and quite honestly more because your people are home because of school or work breaks. Because we cannot time travel or multitask experiences, it is imperative that you put it on your calendars, including drive time to all of this magic. Also factor in cooking time, shopping time, and decorating time. Pro Tip: Factor in your getting ready time for the events you want to dress up for. Of course, any good magic maker needs personal time too. So when will you have time to play or workout or whatever fills your cup.
Once it’s all on the calendar look to see if you have overloaded any days. Do you want to move an activity to another day that has nothing going on?
Planning Is My SuperPower – I Will Show You How to Make the Plan
Once your plan is in place all you have to do is run it. This is not a plan written in cement. This is a plan that gives you peace of mind that you have not over committed yourself, you have planned all the magic that you want to create, and you should be within budget. Knowing those things to be true you can interchange chunks of time. Delete something if you just aren’t feeling it. I promise, you have never planned like this before. Planning is my superpower and I love teaching others how to do the same. I pop all of this into my google calendar and then when needed I move things around. Best Part…
Save this plan and you’ll have it for the 2027 and future holidays!!!
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