Make room for the unpredictable
- Strategize so you can use unpredictability to your advantage. Block out time regularly to review your schedule and figure out what’s working and what you could change.
- Keep a list of things you want to do when you have some free time. What have you been putting off? When you see some hours or days opening up in your schedule, you can turn to this list.
- Keep another list of things you can streamline or delegate when you’re extra busy. Can you set up a grocery delivery so you don’t have to make a trip to the store? Skip that meeting you’ve attended faithfully every week until now?
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