Schedule Contingency Time
Schedule some extra time to cope with contingencies and emergencies.
Some interruptions will be hard to predict, but leaving some open space in your schedule gives you the flexibility you need to rearrange tasks and respond to important issues as they arise.
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Tips for time blocking
- Take 10 minutes every evening and plan your next day. Rearrange blocks if you must create time for other important things.
- Use recurring blocks for recurring tasks.
- Don’t over-schedule. Realistically, you can’t be productive 10 hours straight. Give yourse...
Schedule Discretionary Time
The space you have left in your planner is "discretionary time". Use it to deliver your priorities and achieve your goals.
- Review your prioritized To-Do List and personal goals.
- Evaluate the time you need to achieve them.
- Schedule them in.
Cons of the time blocking practice
- It takes a lot of time and effort.
- Few of us (if any) have the same schedule every day.
- We’re bad at estimating how long tasks will take to do.
- Constant interruptions and “urgent” tasks
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