Pre-MADE

TEMPLATES
& STRUCTURES
Reference

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 The Three
Easy Rules
Yes, they also apply to the mini sprints!

RULE 1. Be honest and real with yourself.

RULE 2. Relentlessly focus on what you can influence.

RULE 3. Have fun.

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 Table of Contents

My Own Journal Structure.................................................................................................................... 4

Example Custom Structure #1 ............................................................................................................. 5
Example Custom Structure #2 .............................................................................................................6

Pre-Made Templates & Journals......................................................................................... 7

Introduction to the Pre-Made Templates ............................................................................... 7
The Five-Minute Journal .......................................................................................................... 8
The Productivity Planner .......................................................................................................... 9
The Freedom Journal ................................................................................................................ 10
The Mastery Journal................................................................................................................ 12
The SELF Journal ..................................................................................................................... 13

Giant List of Daily Structure Prompts & Ideas ............................................................. 14

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 My Own
Journal
Structure

Amazing things yesterday

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

Gratitude

____________________________________

____________________________________

In __ days I will…. _____[first goal]________________________

In __ days I will…. _____[secondary goal]____________________

My 1MIT

____________________________________

Affirmations

____________________________________

____________________________________

____________________________________

[ Other extra exercises/sprints go here ]

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 Example
Custom
Structure #1

2 Things I’m grateful for…

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

4 daily affirmations

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

4. _________________________________

My ONE Most Important Task Today: _____________________________

What am I looking forward to day?*

____________________________________
* Note: this question should probably be switched out for a reframe of some sort if there’s something you’re dreading and
you want to deal with that.

[ Other extra exercises/sprints go here ]

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 Example
Custom
Structure #2

(This is the one from the Quick Start Checklist)

3 Amazing things from yesterday…

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

3 Things I’m grateful for right now…

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

How I can make today amazing: _____________________________

[ Other extra exercises/sprints go here ]

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 Other
Pre-Made
Templates & Journals

Introduction

I’m including a bunch of the daily structures for some of the most popular pre-made
template journals out there, just to help give you ideas. Keep in mind what the “goal” of
some of the journals are, and the way the structures serve that goal. Also look for overlaps
(e.g., “gratitude” is clearly the most popular prompt, by far.)

I’m not including the full templates, for obvious reasons (it’d be a huge jerk move, and
not even that useful, given I’m just trying to give you ideas for a basic daily structure). I’m
only including the basic daily stuff, and I’m only including it if the info is freely available
from the journals’ respective websites.

I am also including links for each of these. If you are interested in using an exact
structure, just buy the darn journal and start there, since most of them also do weekly or
monthly reviews, and things like that. (I prefer to look ahead or look back on things based
on when I think I need it. But that might be an example where you prefer more structure
than I do!)

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 The
Five-Minute
Journal

Available at: https://www.intelligentchange.com/products/the-five-minute-journal

Or Amazon: http://bit.ly/5minjrnl

Example Structure

Morning

I am grateful for…

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

What would make today a great?

____________________________________

____________________________________

Daily affirmations. I am…

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

Evening

3 Amazing things that happened today…

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

How could I have made today even better?

____________________________________

____________________________________

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 The
Productivity
Planner

Available at: https://www.intelligentchange.com/products/the-productivity-planner

Or Amazon: http://bit.ly/5minjrnl
(Link above has more detailed example outline, with example sections filled in.)

MOST IMPORTANT TASK OF THE DAY

Planned Focused Work Sessions
1. _________________________________ ❏A
❍A❍❍❍❍❏
Actual Focused Work Sessions

Fill in as you complete them

SECONDARY TASKS

2. _________________________________ ❏ ❍❍❍❍❍❏
3. _________________________________ ❏ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❏

ADDITIONAL TASKS

4. _________________________________ ❏ ❍❍❍❍❍❏
5. _________________________________ ❏ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❏

NOTES

__________________________________

__________________________________

PRODUCTIVITY SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

__________________________________

__________________________________

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 The
Freedom
Journal

Available at: https://thefreedomjournal.com/

(Link above has more detailed example outline. Also, to avoid confusion, note that the Freedom Journal also includes info on SMART
goals, quarterly reviews every 25 days, and sections every 10 day to break the larger goal down into a 10-day chunk. I’m not going to
include all these other sections because that would really not be fair use – I’m including the basic “daily” templates because all of
these are available free online at the various websites, and comparing them is super useful.)

Morning

I am grateful for…

In X days I will…. __[restate your goal]__________

My number one focus today is…. __________

By the end of the day I will have accomplished these three measurable
objectives that support my S.M.A.R.T goal:

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

Action plan for the day:

Thoughts / ideas / musings:

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

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 Evening

Two wonderful things that happened today:

1.

2.

Two struggles I encountered:

1.

2.

Possible Solutions for these struggles:

1.

2.

Tomorrow will be a great day because:

Final thought of the day:

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

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 The
Mastery
Journal

Available at: https://www.themasteryjournal.com/

MY MORNING ROUTINE

❍ [insert task item] ❍ [insert task item] ❍ [insert task item]

❍ [insert task item] ❍ [insert task item] ❍ [insert task item]
❍ [insert task item] ❍ [insert task item] ❍ [insert task item]

Desired start time: __________ Desired end time: __________

Actual start time: __________ Actual end time: __________

I am grateful for:

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Session 1. Focus Time: Refresh time:

My main focus of this session:

* start your timer and begin!

Complete! My main accomplishment:

Productivity Score (1-10): __________ Discipline Score (1-10): __________

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The Mastery Journal repeats the above for FOUR total sessions. Then there is a section to “add up” your
productivity scores, calculate a mean or average, and keep ongoing score. Personally, I’m not actually a
huge fan of all that measuring and number crunching, but it might be your thing.

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 The

SELF
Journal

Available at: https://bestself.co/

(Link above has more detailed example outline, with example sections filled in.)

Morning

This morning I am grateful for…

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

My Goal:

Today’s Targets:

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

Evening
Lessons Learned:

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

Tonight I’m grateful for…

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

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 GIANT LIST OF
DAILY STRUCTURE
PROMPTS & IDEAS

My number one focus for ____ is….

(This might be good if you want one or two main focuses based on very different goals, like a fitness goal versus a
career or side project goal.)

My Recent Wins:

What would make today a win?

One small thing I can do to make today special:

(e.g. call a loved one, send a text, send that email you’ve been putting off).

One small random act of kindness I can do today:

Things I’m looking forward to…

What’s my superpower?

Which of my superpowers will I use today?

What are three things I’m grateful for?

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What is my number one goal for today?

What is one thing I will do today to help me accomplish [insert longer term goal]?

What is something I can improve today / tomorrow, and how will I do it?

In year(s), what am I totally dedicated to accomplishing?

How can I make today better than it would otherwise be?

How can I make today a huge win?

How can I expect to grow today?

What is one small thing I will do today to improve my relationship with my spouse / friend / family
member?

What is one skill or resource of mine I’ll use today?

What is one thing I can learn today?

What is one empowering belief I already have?

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What am I looking forward to today / tomorrow?

What is one small thing I can do today / tomorrow to help someone important to me?

What is one goal I’m going to get closer to today?

What is one challenge I’m looking forward to?

What is one thing I’m better at today than I was yesterday?

Question Re-Frames

1. What is something that challenged me (or will challenge me) today?

2. How will I overcome it?

1. What’s one thing I’m not looking forward to doing today / tomorrow?

2. How can I do it and still enjoy the entire process?

1. What is one thing I have to do today / tomorrow?

2. How can I not just do it, but totally blow it out of the water?

1. Where are my expectations set too low?

2. What can I do to raise that bar to an insanely high level, and still totally believe in it

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