🌱 I’m obsessed with this Q1 one-pager (template)

Here are your 3 insights in 3 minutes.

This is a special one because I spent literally 10+ hours reviewing my own systems and created a simple one-pager I LOVE in Google Docs (Q1 One-Pager below).

Let’s get it!

🙏 Google Doc Toggles

As much as I love testing new productivity tools/systems…

I almost always go back to a SIMPLE Google doc. 

Especially now with the new collapsable toggles feature.

Here’s how to turn your Google Docs into a beautiful “zen like experience” which I now have customized as my default doc type, background color, and font.

But if nothing else, you can just change the page setup:

• File > Page Setup > Select the tab labeled Pageless

• File > Page Setup > Background color (add this color: FFFCF2)

📋 Q1 One-Pager

Look, I get it. 

Year-end is exhilarating, “New year, new me!”

Until Q2 comes around and everything goes out the window. :(

That’s why I LOVE a quarterly system.

The OKR framework is a famous goal-setting framework designed for adaptability.

One sentence overview: “I will (objective) as measured by (key result).” 

But here’s how I define OKRs and toggles to break big objectives into clear tasks.

• Objective = thing I really want and feel an emotional connection toward

• Key Result = specific action or milestone aligned toward the objective 

• Initiative = smaller items that are aligned, but also more flexible to change 

For example, here’s my first objective for Q1: 

But before creating objectives, it’s important to first ask WHY?

Here’s mine:

Finally, the “[Month] Weekly” section is the glue that keeps everything together.

Everyone else drops off here and their annual goals go down the drain…

But not you, since you’ve adopted a system!

Just a few minutes at the end of each week makes a HUGE difference in feeling organized (instead of behind).

• What did you get done this week?

• What are the top 3-5 items for next week?

Not enough time one week? That’s okay, it happens!

That’s the beauty of the system — it’s designed for you to hop right back on track if when you fall off.

Here’s the quarterly template for you to copy.

📵 New “Dry” January

These numbers are bonkers. 

The average person spends 2+ hours a day scrolling social media on their phone. That's 62 hours or 2.5 days of your life in January alone!

So I decided to do “dry feeds” January and deleted IG, x, and linkedin from my phone (took 3 seconds).  

In other words, I traded 3 seconds for 62 hours. (Name a better ROI!)

The new dry January is dry feeds.

Join me?

Con gusto,
Mitchell 

Ps. Want help or accountability with your Q1 one-pager? Reply with your rough draft or any questions!