Before I go into the 2-week Challenge and give the one-week meal plan (with separate recipes in blog entries) I want to talk about the latest flash of insight I had called the Daily Deck. It’s a simple, easy way to plan your week.

At least I think it is. This habit should become intuitive. It’s a way to adapt when life throws you a curveball too. And some of us are fly-by-the-cuff folk as well. Either way I decided to try this out and see how it goes.

Buy the bigger white ruled index cards. In the evening the day before write on the card your to-do list for the following day.

On the upper left write the day of the week and the date. List on that index card your breakfast, lunch, dinner, and any snacks. List the exercise you’re going to do. List whatever else is on the day’s agenda.

I plan to keep each day to doing only two things tops outside of my job.

The benefit is that because you’re planning only one day in advance nothing is set in stone for the full week. You can change as your need changes for the coming day.

This of course requires that you’re not the kind of person cram-packed with events, meetings, carpooling kids to soccer multiple times a week, or doing anything non-stop in every day.

I wrote an article titled Let’s Be Quirky Together to publish elsewhere on the internet. To wit in the article: You and I should not be ashamed if we’re not one of those road runners speeding through busy work every day.

We can let others be jealous that we’ve opted out of running in what used to be called “the rat race.” You and I aren’t rats. We’re human beings.

So more power to those of us who choose to have a simple, orderly, predictable routine. After experiencing the chaos of caregiving I have no qualms about s-l-o-w-i-n-g down.

That’s when the idea for the Daily Deck flashed into my head.

Slowing down. Taking the time. Taking the time in the evening to write out the following day’s goals as to what to do.

Taking the time to linger at the dining table eating a meal. Taking the time to wind down at the end of the day.

Living takes time. Each of us should s-l-o-w down as our lives are already going by so fast when we’re older.

S-l-o-w-i-n-g down. Something to think about.

Drafting a to-do list on our Daily Decks. I like the idea of doing this because when life’s overwhelming it can help us to see where we can add structure to our routine.

So having our daily goals written down is a way to structure our time that day.

Let’s face it if something isn’t written down we can forget to do it. Or we can feel lost and aimless.

Va bene–the Daily Deck.