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My weekly productivity routine is anchored by Google Tasks, Calendar, and Google Workspace tools.

#Productivity #timeblocking #taskmanagement

http://elizabethtai.com/2026/06/20/the-key-to-my-successful-weekly-planning-system-time-blocking-with-google-calendar-and-google-tasks/

My weekly productivity routine is anchored by Google Tasks, Calendar, and Google Workspace tools.

#Productivity #timeblocking #taskmanagement

http://elizabethtai.com/2026/06/20/the-key-to-my-successful-weekly-planning-system-time-blocking-with-google-calendar-and-google-tasks/

Your inbox is a todo list written by everyone but you. Learn how multiple communication channels destroy focus and what to do about it – from a productivity workshop that changed how an entire team works.

Your inbox is a todo list written by everyone but you. Learn how multiple communication channels destroy focus and what to do about it – from a productivity workshop that changed how an entire team works.

So arbeite ich digital - Meine Top 3 Tools! MeTacheles #10

https://pallenberg.video/w/mck87UKN5if4zQQsUA6XaD

So arbeite ich digital - Meine Top 3 Tools! MeTacheles #10

https://pallenberg.video/w/mck87UKN5if4zQQsUA6XaD

If it takes 20 minutes to regain focus after switching tasks, why are Pomodoros only 25 minutes long?

#Pomodoro #Productivity #TimeBlocking

RE: https://www.rollemaa.fi/todo-app/

Olen ollut aina kova time blockauksen puolestapuhuja, mutta nykyään kun on se 50 tehtävää joka päivä, pelkästään näiden aikatauluttaminen vie liikaa aikaa. Palasin siis alkuvuodesta takaisin Todoist-käyttäjäksi ja aikataulutan aikablokit suoraan kalenteriin isompina blokkeina, joiden aikana teen pienempiä Todoist-tehtäviä. Esimerkiksi asiakkaan nimi toimii yhtenä blokkina puoli päivää ja toisen asiakkaan tai asian nimi toisen puolen, jne.

Mikään ei varsinaisesti ole kovin pielessä tässä mallissa, tai Todoistissa, kun olen käyttänyt kalenteria ja Todoistia tehtävälistana noin 15 vuotta. Mutta todo-appi silti ontuu kun tekemistä on liikaa. "Simppeli tehtävälista"/quick capture all -tyyppisessä lähestymismallissa on muutama ongelma:

1. Lisään tehtäviä matalalla kynnyksellä, myös vähäpätöisiä asioita, joita on pakko hoitaa, mutta ei ehdi nyt, esimerkiksi "Soita henkilölle X" tai "Lähetä sähköposti" tai "Palaa asiaan", jne. Mutta tämä johtaa siihen että "aikatauluttamattomat" hautatuvat enkä aina muista tarkistella vähäpätöisempiä, ei-kiireellisiä asioita

2. "Tänään" tehtäviä on usein 50+ ja menee aikaa karsia niitä, koska laitan niitä aina huomispäivälle ihan siitä syystä että en ehdi miettiä ajankohtia. Jos taas en laita ajankohtaa: katso kohta 1.

3. Usein otan tehtäviä projektityökalustamme Linearista, copy pastean tehtävän nimen ja laitan Todoistiin, jotta muistan tehdä. Sama juttu esim. meileistä, eli jos en juuri nyt ehdi hoitaa sähköpostissa vilkaistua asiaa, copy-pastetan meilin otsikon tehtäväksi. Tämä johtaa siihen, että on tuplatehtäviä monella alustalla.

Olen käynyt kaikki varteenotettavat Todo-sovellukset läpi (Sunsama, Akiflow, Todoist, Upbase, Clepside, Sorted3, Ellie, Amie, Lunatask, TickTick, Routine, Taskade, General Task, Amplenote, Tascaly, Reclaim, Taskable, Anydo, Motion, Focuster, Morgen, Tweek, Flowsavvy, Obsidian) ja välissä harkitsin jopa ihan johonkin tekstitiedosto/markdown-tyyppiseen siirtymistä. Mutta käytän montaa eri alustaa ja todoappin on toimittava Linuxilla, iPhonella, Macilla - sen pitää olla nopea, helppo, mahdollisimman vähän työllistävä.

Meinasin taas jo luovuttaa, mutta sitten muistin, että käytin pari vuotta sitten sovellusta nimeltä Tweek... Se näyttää kivasti viikkonäkymän ja tuo kalenterieventit tehtäviksi. Ei time blockausta, mutta en tällä hetkellä sitä haikailekaan, koska minulla on se kalenteri erikseen. Tästä on bloggauskin: https://www.rollemaa.fi/todo-app

Voi olla, että jossain vaiheessa palaan takaisin johonkin monimutkaisempaan. Mutta juuri nyt "listamainen" todo tuntuu hyvältä.

#Todo #Sovellukset #TimeBlocking #Tuottavuus #Appit #Tekniikka #Tweek

RE: https://www.rollemaa.fi/todo-app/

Olen ollut aina kova time blockauksen puolestapuhuja, mutta nykyään kun on se 50 tehtävää joka päivä, pelkästään näiden aikatauluttaminen vie liikaa aikaa. Palasin siis alkuvuodesta takaisin Todoist-käyttäjäksi ja aikataulutan aikablokit suoraan kalenteriin isompina blokkeina, joiden aikana teen pienempiä Todoist-tehtäviä. Esimerkiksi asiakkaan nimi toimii yhtenä blokkina puoli päivää ja toisen asiakkaan tai asian nimi toisen puolen, jne.

Mikään ei varsinaisesti ole kovin pielessä tässä mallissa, tai Todoistissa, kun olen käyttänyt kalenteria ja Todoistia tehtävälistana noin 15 vuotta. Mutta todo-appi silti ontuu kun tekemistä on liikaa. "Simppeli tehtävälista"/quick capture all -tyyppisessä lähestymismallissa on muutama ongelma:

1. Lisään tehtäviä matalalla kynnyksellä, myös vähäpätöisiä asioita, joita on pakko hoitaa, mutta ei ehdi nyt, esimerkiksi "Soita henkilölle X" tai "Lähetä sähköposti" tai "Palaa asiaan", jne. Mutta tämä johtaa siihen että "aikatauluttamattomat" hautatuvat enkä aina muista tarkistella vähäpätöisempiä, ei-kiireellisiä asioita

2. "Tänään" tehtäviä on usein 50+ ja menee aikaa karsia niitä, koska laitan niitä aina huomispäivälle ihan siitä syystä että en ehdi miettiä ajankohtia. Jos taas en laita ajankohtaa: katso kohta 1.

3. Usein otan tehtäviä projektityökalustamme Linearista, copy pastean tehtävän nimen ja laitan Todoistiin, jotta muistan tehdä. Sama juttu esim. meileistä, eli jos en juuri nyt ehdi hoitaa sähköpostissa vilkaistua asiaa, copy-pastetan meilin otsikon tehtäväksi. Tämä johtaa siihen, että on tuplatehtäviä monella alustalla.

Olen käynyt kaikki varteenotettavat Todo-sovellukset läpi (Sunsama, Akiflow, Todoist, Upbase, Clepside, Sorted3, Ellie, Amie, Lunatask, TickTick, Routine, Taskade, General Task, Amplenote, Tascaly, Reclaim, Taskable, Anydo, Motion, Focuster, Morgen, Tweek, Flowsavvy, Obsidian) ja välissä harkitsin jopa ihan johonkin tekstitiedosto/markdown-tyyppiseen siirtymistä. Mutta käytän montaa eri alustaa ja todoappin on toimittava Linuxilla, iPhonella, Macilla - sen pitää olla nopea, helppo, mahdollisimman vähän työllistävä.

Meinasin taas jo luovuttaa, mutta sitten muistin, että käytin pari vuotta sitten sovellusta nimeltä Tweek... Se näyttää kivasti viikkonäkymän ja tuo kalenterieventit tehtäviksi. Ei time blockausta, mutta en tällä hetkellä sitä haikailekaan, koska minulla on se kalenteri erikseen. Tästä on bloggauskin: https://www.rollemaa.fi/todo-app

Voi olla, että jossain vaiheessa palaan takaisin johonkin monimutkaisempaan. Mutta juuri nyt "listamainen" todo tuntuu hyvältä.

#Todo #Sovellukset #TimeBlocking #Tuottavuus #Appit #Tekniikka #Tweek

Wow. My Nautilus plugin for #RoamResearch became part of the recommended workflow sent out to users by the creators of the app in the newsletter:)
https://roam-research.kit.com/posts/commentarii-roamani-pages-systems-worth-building

(🌀 You can try Nautilus even without Roam here: https://nautilus-omnibus.web.app)

#PKM #timeblocking

Wow. My Nautilus plugin for #RoamResearch became part of the recommended workflow sent out to users by the creators of the app in the newsletter:)
https://roam-research.kit.com/posts/commentarii-roamani-pages-systems-worth-building

(🌀 You can try Nautilus even without Roam here: https://nautilus-omnibus.web.app)

#PKM #timeblocking

@Strandjunker 🔥 STOP letting your calendar control you! 🔥

👉 Get the complete guide: https://famablog.com/elite-time-management-systems-for-women-2025-edition/
#TimeManagementTips #FemaleEntrepreneurs #BusinessSuccess #ProductivityHacks #WomenInBusiness #WorkSmarter #BusinessGrowth #EntrepreneurMindset #TimeBlocking #CEOMindset

Saturday planning...
Need to timeblock everything.

#Sunsama #TimeBlocking

Saturday planning...
Need to timeblock everything.

#Sunsama #TimeBlocking

Ich habe mal wieder zum Thema #ProductivityPorn und #Zeitmanagement gebloggt:

📌 Task Batching: Mehr Fokus, weniger Ablenkung

Ständiger Wechsel zwischen Aufgaben? Ablenkungen? Ineffizientes Multitasking? Task Batching könnte die Lösung sein. Durch das gezielte Bündeln ähnlicher Tätigkeiten werden Kontextwechsel minimiert, die Konzentration steigt – und damit auch die Effizienz. Doch wie praktikabel ist die Methode wirklich? In einem Selbstversuch habe ich getestet, welche Strategien funktionieren und welche Fehler vermieden werden sollten.

🔗 Jetzt lesen:
https://text.tchncs.de/gisiger/task-batching-wie-das-bundeln-von-aufgaben-die-produktivitat-steigert

#TaskBatching #TimeBlocking

Ich habe mal wieder zum Thema #ProductivityPorn und #Zeitmanagement gebloggt:

📌 Task Batching: Mehr Fokus, weniger Ablenkung

Ständiger Wechsel zwischen Aufgaben? Ablenkungen? Ineffizientes Multitasking? Task Batching könnte die Lösung sein. Durch das gezielte Bündeln ähnlicher Tätigkeiten werden Kontextwechsel minimiert, die Konzentration steigt – und damit auch die Effizienz. Doch wie praktikabel ist die Methode wirklich? In einem Selbstversuch habe ich getestet, welche Strategien funktionieren und welche Fehler vermieden werden sollten.

🔗 Jetzt lesen:
https://text.tchncs.de/gisiger/task-batching-wie-das-bundeln-von-aufgaben-die-produktivitat-steigert

#TaskBatching #TimeBlocking

Giving @flowminoapp a try. It seems to be well built. Liking it so far. More importantly, the simplicity of it. A lot of productivity apps try to have too much and way too many options.

The UI is pretty clean too.

#TimeBlocking #Productivity #GettingThingsDone

Giving @flowminoapp a try. It seems to be well built. Liking it so far. More importantly, the simplicity of it. A lot of productivity apps try to have too much and way too many options.

The UI is pretty clean too.

#TimeBlocking #Productivity #GettingThingsDone

I have a question about ADHD + Time Blocking.

(Time-blocking is when you book slots in your calendar for specific tasks that you'll be working on, preferably uninterrupted.)

#ADHD #AskADHD #TimeBlocking

I have a question about ADHD + Time Blocking.

(Time-blocking is when you book slots in your calendar for specific tasks that you'll be working on, preferably uninterrupted.)

#ADHD #AskADHD #TimeBlocking

On se vaan mukavaa, kun voi aikatauluttaa lomatekemisenkin kivasti kalenteriin. Time blocking workflowni toimii seuraavasti:

1. Lisää kaikki oleellinen tekeminen tehtäviksi (Obsidian, Sunsama)
2. Tehtäville kategoria, suoritusaika ja päiväys (Sunsama)
3. Aikatauluta kalenteriin (Sunsama)
4. Aamuisin: Tarkista agenda

Blogi: https://www.rollemaa.fi/oikeasti-paras-tyokalu-tehtavien-ja-kalenterin-organisointiin/
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/todoist/comments/1dy8a4c/my_current_todoist_workflow_with_sunsama/

Tiedän, että monia ahdistaa tällainen, mutta muista, että ihmiset ovat erilaisia. Minua ahdistaa "avaruudessa lilluminen", eli jos asiat eivät ole ylhäällä ja aikataulutettu. Kontrolli omaan ajan käyttöön ei vie vapautta vaan lisää sitä.

#Tehokkuus #Todo #Sunsama #TodoList #Tasks #Productivity #TimeBlocking

On se vaan mukavaa, kun voi aikatauluttaa lomatekemisenkin kivasti kalenteriin. Time blocking workflowni toimii seuraavasti:

1. Lisää kaikki oleellinen tekeminen tehtäviksi (Obsidian, Sunsama)
2. Tehtäville kategoria, suoritusaika ja päiväys (Sunsama)
3. Aikatauluta kalenteriin (Sunsama)
4. Aamuisin: Tarkista agenda

Blogi: https://www.rollemaa.fi/oikeasti-paras-tyokalu-tehtavien-ja-kalenterin-organisointiin/
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/todoist/comments/1dy8a4c/my_current_todoist_workflow_with_sunsama/

Tiedän, että monia ahdistaa tällainen, mutta muista, että ihmiset ovat erilaisia. Minua ahdistaa "avaruudessa lilluminen", eli jos asiat eivät ole ylhäällä ja aikataulutettu. Kontrolli omaan ajan käyttöön ei vie vapautta vaan lisää sitä.

#Tehokkuus #Todo #Sunsama #TodoList #Tasks #Productivity #TimeBlocking

How do you get through your work day? #EducateMePlease

My kind of #work requires me to be present* and react* to things that come up from co-workers and bosses.

I feel unproductive. I can do better, I just can't quite get there. I'm so scattered-brained. Not necessarily a bad* thing. I think of it as a feature of me just being me, not a flaw. 🤪

I've read on #TimeBlocking #DayTheming #TaskBatching #PomodoroTechnique. Trouble with implementation. Can't quite make them fit for me. 😕

Any advice?

How do you get through your work day? #EducateMePlease

My kind of #work requires me to be present* and react* to things that come up from co-workers and bosses.

I feel unproductive. I can do better, I just can't quite get there. I'm so scattered-brained. Not necessarily a bad* thing. I think of it as a feature of me just being me, not a flaw. 🤪

I've read on #TimeBlocking #DayTheming #TaskBatching #PomodoroTechnique. Trouble with implementation. Can't quite make them fit for me. 😕

Any advice?

꩜ 🚨NEW! Now you can try Nautilus regardless of your preferred platform. It is a free web-app:

https://nautilus-omnibus.web.app https://nautilus-omnibus.web.app

#planning #timeblocking #timeboxing #timeslicing #stressrelief

꩜ 🚨NEW! Now you can try Nautilus regardless of your preferred platform. It is a free web-app:

https://nautilus-omnibus.web.app https://nautilus-omnibus.web.app

#planning #timeblocking #timeboxing #timeslicing #stressrelief

🌀 NEW Nautilus update has been just approved:
- ❗essential/urgent tasks: set your custom word/tag to trigger a red color overwrite (my favorite is "!!!")
- ↖ progress tracking: click on a task segment to advance
- 🪲 bugfixes
Enjoy!
https://www.loom.com/share/6dbd9c14d99245be892b5bd591b76f17?sid=3bb1e6a1-521b-48bd-baa2-925faca6532f

#planning #timeblocking #timeboxing #timeslicing #stressrelief

🌀 NEW Nautilus update has been just approved:
- ❗essential/urgent tasks: set your custom word/tag to trigger a red color overwrite (my favorite is "!!!")
- ↖ progress tracking: click on a task segment to advance
- 🪲 bugfixes
Enjoy!
https://www.loom.com/share/6dbd9c14d99245be892b5bd591b76f17?sid=3bb1e6a1-521b-48bd-baa2-925faca6532f

#planning #timeblocking #timeboxing #timeslicing #stressrelief

I have just posted an article about my journey from a deep and decades long to-do list frustration to my concept of 🌀Nautilus. It helps me a lot so it could help you too :)

🇬🇧 EN: https://lifehacky.net/how-i-learned-to-plan-better-and-what-to-do-when-your-head-doesnt-get-lists-21b79de56464

🇨🇿 CZ: https://www.lifehacky.cz/jak-jsem-naucil-lepe-planovat-aneb-kdyz-vam-hlava-nebere-seznamy/

Enjoy!

#planning #timeblocking #timeboxing #timeslicing #stressrelief

I have just posted an article about my journey from a deep and decades long to-do list frustration to my concept of 🌀Nautilus. It helps me a lot so it could help you too :)

🇬🇧 EN: https://lifehacky.net/how-i-learned-to-plan-better-and-what-to-do-when-your-head-doesnt-get-lists-21b79de56464

🇨🇿 CZ: https://www.lifehacky.cz/jak-jsem-naucil-lepe-planovat-aneb-kdyz-vam-hlava-nebere-seznamy/

Enjoy!

#planning #timeblocking #timeboxing #timeslicing #stressrelief

Time-blocking, a versatile and effective productivity technique, empowers individuals to take control of their time and accomplish more.

Read my new article on @medium!

https://medium.com/@Marco_Mindstone/time-blocking-the-secret-weapon-for-productivity-and-time-management-f401b863b009

#productivity #pkm #time #timemanagement #timeblocking

Very nice post about time management from #todoist

https://todoist.com/de/productivity-methods/time-blocking

#focus #timemanagement #timeblocking #schedule #task #productivity

Very nice post about time management from #todoist

https://todoist.com/de/productivity-methods/time-blocking

#focus #timemanagement #timeblocking #schedule #task #productivity

#TimeBlocking Log Day 8

Spoke too soon yesterday 😂
Laid up in bed today with a fever.

Lesson? Learn to listen to your body better

#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking Log Day 7

Well, it’s not really day 7, it’s been quite a few days. (a week i think)

What I worked on last week was what the logs and the reviews were showing me, telling me. That I had too much on my plate.

cut out a lot of stuff from life. delegated even more. and postponed a few important things. And completed a few of them. There was just no way I was doing them all anyway

What I have learnt, is just showing up daily and doing even haphazard work, leads to getting more done, rather than just wringing my hands over all the things I couldn’t do.

Have quite enjoyed the past couple of days. To boot, my body seems to like this way of working and I have lost weight. Something which I have been struggling to do, since January

#mjbBabbles #mjbFitness #mjbGettingFit

#TimeBlocking Log Day 6

Planning the day with coffee and the Cal Newport’s fancy Time Block Planner

(will be going back to plain ole notebooks when this one gets filled)

#mjbBabbles

Thoughts after a few days of #TimeBlocking

- I can only do about 4 hours of #Focus split across two hour blocks
- The rest of my day is *filled*, which is why I cannot do more
- I get very, *very*, distracted. Very Soon. Progress on stuff is slow, and it’s is not helped with my mind flitting off to do different things or think different things
- I have poor impulse control. I’ve already opened up that social media page and clicking away happily before I catch myself. This is getting better
- The @neilhimself method helps. and is maddeningly, frustratingly easy, yet hard to do. Either do the task. or sit and do nothing. No other option. I come away sweating.
- I have taken on so many things to do, when I have a life that is quite uncertain. I need to make space and have margin. And until my life changes, this is how it has to be. Fewer commitments. Stronger commitments.

Here’s to slow, steady progress

ok. this suddenly struck me as I was reviewing my day, last eve, as I do all these #TimeBlocking posts.

The reason I don’t much done, even after all these lovely plans, is that I spent most of my day, holding my breath, for something that may or may not come and knock me and my day over.

I don’t know if it’ll come or not. but my body is in near constant flight or fight mode. because to my mind and body, being caught blind sided is far worse.
I need to figure out a way to be calm and collected and to be ok if things fall by the wayside. both; what is coming at me, or my grand plans for the day.

i need to trust my gut, that what I am doing *is* the right thing to do in that moment. If that means that my planned life trajectory will slow down, then I need to clear time and review, and prioritise and have heart to hearts with folks, and / or be ok with life being the way it is.

Just putting these down on paper, seems to have unblocked something in me. Some progress then :)

#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking Log Day 5

Decided to take the day off and do only one thing

Got knocked over by life.

Never mind. Time to get up, dust myself and get going again

#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking Log Day 4

Taking it easy today.

made a plan. for doing nothing. or very little. what matters today is the plan and the intention and the mindfulness of the execution / delegation behind it. Not the actual content.

I know it’s weird but reading the @thephd’s post and it’s somehow heartening to see that I’m not the only one struggling like this

https://elk.zone/pony.social/@thephd/111049360559613330

#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking Day 3 Log

created a plan in the morning.
have just spent all day looking at it. and then browsing the same set of five websites in a circle

mental energy seems to be a real thing after all.

#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking Day 2!

#mjbBabbles

Ok done for the day. Shutdown complete ✅

Cognition takes a precipitous dive post 6p.
best served for light reading / iterating / noodling

Energy highest in the morn. Tackle hard tasks then.

Doing this makes me a lot more self aware and intentional.

the plan got borked thrice in the day.
At least this time I got to be intentional about what I would do / ditch / delegate / postpone

And everything got captured, so my mind’s empty

It’s not natural doing this. And a bit hard.

So I’ll probably keep doing these, until the process becomes second nature.

#mjbBabbles #TimeBlocking

#TimeBlocking

FIN!

That about sums up the advice given in the planner proper
Also all the “I”’s above are Cal. I have just been copy pasting, in case that wasn’t clear.

The planner has a site here: https://www.timeblockplanner.com/

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#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking

CONCLUDING a bit more:

1. Build smart weekly plans.
2. Use this plan to develop effective daily time-block schedules.
3. Execute those daily schedules with intensity.
4. When you're done for the day, shut down completely.
5. When you get to the weekend, take a break from rigorous scheduling.
6. Then start the cycle all over again. This is the rhythm of a professional life that's both extremely productive and sustainable. And it's exactly what this planner is designed to help you achieve.

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#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking

CONCLUSION

1. It’s this combination of high-level weekly plans with detailed daily time block schedules that unlocks the full potential of this productivity system. 2. The weekly/daily approach is what allows you to begin moving obligations around like pieces on a chessboard, and to construct configurations of your schedule that enable you to accomplish head turning amounts of work, all while staying on top of the various small requests and tasks pulling at your time and attention. While your peers react frantically to inputs and deadlines as they arise, often putting in late nights to try to compensate for their haphazard schedules, you'll approach each day with a justified confidence.

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#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking

PLAN YOUR WEEK! Contd:

8. Weekly plans are also important because they allow you to tackle objectives that require more than a day to complete. If you decide at the beginning of the week, for example, to write an article that’ll require around ten to fifteen hours of research and writing, your weekly plan can help you figure out how to spread this work out across the upcoming days. It’s much less likely you'd end up getting all of this required work done if you instead just planned each day as it arrived.

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#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking

PLAN YOUR WEEK! Contd:

5. The planning may take time up front, but it will return much greater productivity for the entire week that follows.
6. It allows you to identify important patterns that can help you get much more accomplished. If you see, for e.g., that Wednesday through Friday are very busy due to a visiting client, then you can compensate by squeezing in more uninterrupted deep work on Monday or Tuesday. Or if you know you'll be off-site all day Friday, then you can adjust your Thursday schedule to make sure loose ends are tied up before the trip.
7. Sometimes your weekly planning habit can motivate you to change appointments already on your calendar. After trying and failing to fit in enough hours to finish an important project, for e.g., you might realize that you need to cancel or reschedule a few non-urgent appointments perhaps coffee with a colleague or a meeting for a speculative project to make room for the more urgent work.

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#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking

PLAN YOUR WEEK!

1. You should work out your weekly plan either first thing Monday morning or over the weekend before the week begins.
2. When crafting the plan, look over your calendar and whatever system you use to track your obligations, projects, and goals.
Some people like to empty their email inbox as part of this planning process so that they feel as though they restarting the week fresh. For other people, this might be infeasible.
3. Regardless, creating these plans takes time. For example, I usually spend between thirty and sixty minutes to get up to speed on what's happening in the upcoming week and decide how to tackle it.
4. You might feel at first that this time is wasted like you're throwing away an hour you could dedicate to actually completing concrete tasks. I urge you to resist this reaction.

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#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking

Right side of a weekend page:

1. It includes space for you to plan the upcoming week. This area is purposefully left simple. When it comes to weekly planning, I've found it's crucial to embrace flexibility. The style or format of your plan should match the challenges of the specific week ahead.

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#mjbBabbles

#TimeBlocking

Left side of a weekend page:

1. I typically advise people not to time block their weekends: these two days should provide some respite from the rigors of allocating work to every minute of your day.
2. the planner provides only a single page for organizing your entire weekend. The page is divided into two columns, one for Saturday and one for Sunday. The empty boxes included for each day can be used for jotting down a loose schedule, including reminders of any important appointments (“Dinner at the restaurant at 7:00”) or major things you hope to get done (“Read that novel”).
3. The lined space below these boxes that's labeled “Weekend Capture” should be used for capturing ideas or tasks that come up on Saturday or Sunday. I suggest you always process these notes when you create your time-block plan on Monday morning. This will ensure that they're never forgotten.

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WEEKEND PAGES

This is another two page spread that you’d have at the end of a week.

The page on the left is dedicated to organizing Saturday and Sunday, while the page on the right is for capturing your weekly plan, a high-level road map for the week ahead.

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THE SHUTDOWN RITUAL Contd:

Once you've finished going through your collection columns, you should then briefly review any other potential sources of unresolved work obligations.

For most people, this means taking one last look at your email inbox, to ensure you didn't miss something urgent, as well as reviewing your calendar and obligation-tracking system.

When done with these checks, look over your weekly plan (below), updating it as needed. The goal here is to convince yourself that there's nothing being forgotten or missed or being kept track of only in your brain, and that you have a reasonable plan for the days ahead. All of these reassurances are the precondition for enabling your brain to fully shift its attention from work to life outside work.

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THE SHUTDOWN RITUAL

One of the most important pieces of my system's daily scheduling discipline is executing a shutdown ritual that helps your mind shift more completely from work mode to non-work mode. The details of this ritual are straightforward. At the end of each day's time-block schedule, your final step, if at all possible, is to shut down work. To do so, first make sure your personal metrics have been re-corded. Next, go through the tasks and ideas in your collection columns, deciding for each what you want to do with it. In some cases, you may need to add new tasks into your task system, while in others, you may need to update your calendar or even shoot off a quick message.

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