I am presenting my current morning routine. I have found that I crave these activities if I do not complete them. The essential bottom line of this post is the importance of a morning routine, not necessarily the activities that occur.
The BCBA Prepares for a Weekly Review
I generally do NOT follow David Allen’s Getting Things Done. I have a specific method of goal development and tracking and therefore, I DO complete a weekly, monthly and quarterly review. Over the next several months I’ll be covering these different reviews. To successfully complete any kind of review, you need to be sufficiently prepared. In the end, you’ll find a sequence of steps to prepare but here’s a general overview of what you’ll need to do to prepare.
The BCBA and the Time Audit
Do you own your own time? Six months ago, I didn’t. I spent hours honestly engaged in so many wasteful activities. I value achievement, knowledge and learning above most other things however I spent an average of four hours a day on my phone. Those four hours weren’t reading the news or ebooks. It was a whole lot of mindless scrolling, emailing and texting.
To-Do List: Be An Awesome BCBA
The BCBA as Leader
How to be a BCBA for the Newly Certified (Volume 2)
You’ll soon (if you haven’t already) begin to hear these common sentiments:
“Your field is SO small!”
“Do you know everyone?”
“You know (insert name)?!”
We are all members of an amazing community of individuals who love and practice the science of behavior. It’s such a vast and diverse community but it is also small.
Daily Fidelity for the BCBA
While I worked in WA, my program closed and I spend 10 months being a homemaker. I found that I was busy all day long while home and could fill my time quite productively. Following that season, I transitioned to an in-home supervision position and was creating a program from scratch. Any work not face-to-face with a client was done from my home. The transition away from working primarily out of or from home would be an adjustment.
My Favorite Things: Busy BCBA Edition
Basic Scheduling Tips for the BCBA
The Busy BCBAs Apps (Round 1)
I have a very minimalistic app style. For example, I do not use the Facebook app. I deleted it about 6 years ago and have never looked back. I don’t use the youtube app. I just never had a reason to! Therefore, the apps that I do have are very important to me. Here are 5 of my top 10 apps that I use weekly at a minimum and a few notes about each.