Post-it exercise

1. Each person grabs a stack of post-it notes.
2. Brainstorm ideas together for potential improvements to your home — furniture purchases, organization projects, renovations, etc. Each idea should be written on two post-its, one for each person.
3. Once you have ~15 ideas written down, start placing your stack of post-its on a wall or window, with your favorite ideas at the top, and least favorite at the bottom. No peeking at each other’s post-its until you’re done!
4. Talk each other through your list, and why you chose the prioritization you did. Take note of any ideas where you’re clearly aligned or misaligned.
5. Write down your takeaways from this session below. If you like, start assigning a timeline for when you’d like to complete these projects.

Photos of post-its

Takeaways

Complete in the next 3 months

Low-hanging fruit. You’re both aligned. The projects are inexpensive and low effort, or very high impact.

Complete in the next 6 months

These projects may be more expensive, or higher effort, but have a high enough impact to prioritize them soon.

Complete in the next 12 months

These projects are expensive, high effort, and low impact. Or there may be misalignment on the priority for these projects.

Backlog

You’re misaligned on whether or not these projects are a good idea, or if they’re worth the expense and effort.