📓Focusing Question Journal Morning

for the goal-setter whose mornings blur into email before they think

Goal

Open the day with a 20-minute Focusing Question journal entry before any input.

Source principle

Focusing Question: ask and answer on paper every morning so the day starts with the one thing, not with reaction. : from The One Thing by Gary Keller.

The plan

1. 🪑
   6:00-6:02 AM

   Sit at desk. Journal open. Phone still in another room.
2. ✍️
   6:02-6:04 AM

   Write the Focusing Question at the top of the page. Verbatim.
3. 🤔
   6:04-6:08 AM

   Write your first answer. One sentence.
4. 🔄
   6:08-6:12 AM

   Read it back. Ask 'what would be bolder?' Write that answer.
5. ⭕
   6:12-6:15 AM

   Circle the answer you'll act on today. Just one.
6. 🗒️
   6:15-6:17 AM

   Copy it onto a sticky note. One line.
7. ⏰
   6:17-6:19 AM

   Schedule the 4-hour block for it. Real slot, today.
8. 📖
   6:19-6:20 AM

   Read the one thing aloud. Close the journal.

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