The biggest part of my job is my planning, a minimum of 12 months in the future
*. Several thousand materials with stupid lead times, variable inputs and outputs, resource requirements where it takes months to train staff, schedules to produce documents etc. I have to prove all my planning to my auditors - if it's not written down, it's a rumour - so yeah I've got pretty good at planning, setting and reviewing the milestones (sorry the management bollocks thread is over there --->), linking the goals etc.
I'm yet to find a single piece of software that can cope with all the variables so I use diaries, to-do lists, Microsith project etc.
All this has crept into my personal life, actually probably into my personality, so I'm trying to go the other way in my personal life. I realised it became a problem sometime ago when I was getting stressed on holiday because I wasn't hitting the 'holiday schedule'
** I've also found that achieving a goal can be pretty underwhelming, very often the sense of satisfaction is missing.
Now the 'goal' is to enjoy doing the stuff, make it up as I go along, not do it just so I can tick the done box. This does mean I ride my bike less (no annual mileage target) but I reckon I get more enjoyment when I do.
*insert rant over someone wanting something made in 2 months when the materials required are on a 3 month lead time, or the fact you've given me a sales forecast for January in December when I was making the stuffs to meet that forecast 9 months ago, it's a good job I'm psychic.
**"It's 7pm and the tents not up, we need to hurry, the fire's supposed to be lit by 7.20." didn't go down well.