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Time-blocking
• • 🌱 Seedling • 1 min read
I've taken to time-blocking my calendar over the last few months. I'm still tweaking my process, but I've found it to be rather valuable for making sure I spend focused time working on problems. Below are some thoughts on my current process:
Positives
- It allows me to review a day and see where my focuses lay.
- I can more easily prioritise work.
- It allows me to have more deep focus when needed.
Negatives
- I too often put vague time blocks like "coding" or "management stuff". These are useful sometimes, but I'd like to shift more to have specific tasks time-blocked.
- I'm not too disciplined at sticking to the time blocks.
Other
- It can make it difficult for people to add me to meetings. For this reason I try to only block time on the current day to give space in my calendar for the next few days.