Matt Ragland

Sunday, April 28, 2024

WRAP #125: The 5-4-3-2-1 Framework

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Hey Reader, thanks for all the kind feedback on the new template last week! If you have thoughts, send 'em along!

💡 The Big Idea

5-4-3-2-1 Framework

You can watch the full interview on YouTube, but I had the opportunity to talk with Ryder Carroll as a part of the HeyCreator Summit. Since much of my early YouTube work was based on the Bullet Journal, this was a treat!

We covered a range of topics, but in this video and this newsletter we talked about his 5-4-3-2-1 Framework. Here's how Ryder described it:

• 5 Years
• 4 Quarters
• 3 Months
• 2 Weeks
• 1 Day

Now, make a list of everything you want to do, and assign each goal/task to one of these buckets. For example, getting a new minivan is a 4 quarter goal (maybe a bit more) both for search and savings. A new YouTube video is a 1-2 day commitment. Planning a new online course is 2 weeks, producing is 3 months.

Get the idea? The point is we have a limited amount of time to get things done, and not all of that time should be spent on getting things done in the productivity sense. From Oliver Burkeman's Four Thousand Weeks.

I'll make a specific video about this in the future, and probably have Ryder back on to discuss, but for now it's worth making your own 5-4-3-2-1 list and thinking about what you want to prioritize in those time buckets.

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✅ To-Do Tactic

Try it for 15 minutes

Without fail, there are tasks that I put off for days, even weeks, that once I start only take 15 minutes to complete. I've posted this on Twitter a few times and the responses are always filled with some variation of "oh man this is so me!"

If that's you, then block out 15-30 minutes in the next few days to just start on the thing. You don't even have to finish the task, just commit to the time.

👀 A Video to Watch

Interview with Ryder

In addition to the 5-4-3-2-1 Framework I talked about above (we start with that), Ryder also shares a few of the prompts and questions he often asks himself in his own bullet journal practice. Worth a listen from the ORIGINAL bullet journal guy!

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The WRAP is sponsored by Mighty Networks: Your Ultimate Community Partner

I've known about Mighty Networks for a number of years and got used to the platform being a part of BuJo U and Jack Butcher's communities. My wife also loves the Yoga with Adrienne community. So I was stoked to meet the Founder, Gina Bianchini, at the ConvertKit podcast show in LA. I'm going to develop the Digital Dad community with Mighty Networks, and if you're interested in building community you should check out Mighty too!