What Would Your Ideal Day Look Like?

Back in fall of 2008, a question stuck with me. The question was posed: “What would your ideal day look like?” and then encouraged me to make my real day look as much like possible to my ideal day.

I thought about this on and off, and I decided what my ideal day would involve. At the time, my daughter as 5 and in kindergarten, but things really haven’t changed all that much.

1. getting up early
2. doing my daily reading
3. walking the dog
4. getting ready for the day
5. getting the 15 minutes of housework done, along with cleaning up the kitchen
6. an hour of blog reading
7. two hours of writing
8. lunch
9. two more hours of writing
10. late afternoon tasks, including time with my daughter
11. dinner
12. family time
13. an hour of reading

The thing that struck me is that there is no outside-the-home job involved here. (Foreshadowing?)

I started to incorporate ideas into my daily life starting last week: numbers 1 to 4 were consistently done, and I was looking for a solid habit to be formed.

But what happens when you are forced to have your ideal day? More on that next…