It is a high level definition of your life that contains informations about what is important to you and help you keep life in balance. Areas of focus are very important part of a productivity system, because it helps you to re-focus every week, month and year. Areas of focus should motivate you in those hard moments of your life or when you have very little motivation to do something. Your Project and Goal will start from here as Area of focus should have your final destination defined.
Areas of focus
Most people, if not all, will have the following areas of focus and these are a good starting point
- Family and Relationship - It is about spending time with family and friends. It ensures that you spend enough time with your close ones. To make sure you satisfy this area, you should have time scheduled in your calendar
- Career - It is about knowing what you want from your career. You want to make sure you focus on what helps you instead of going through motions and doing what other people want you to do
- Finances - It is responsible for securing yourself financially and what you need to do to achieve that. This should have a long term financial plan and you should have a monthly task to check how is this area doing
- Health & Fitness - It is responsible for sleep, diet and exercise.
- Spirituality - It can be beliefs, religion, mental health and wellbeing.
- Lifestyle and Life Experiences - It is about what you have or lifestyle you want. Holidays, things you want to buy etc. It is a good place to store information about where you want to visit, journaling etc.
- Personal Development - It is about learning skills, whether it is personal or career related.