so I need some sort of middle ground of … disciplinary flow, I guess?


also with the old life, all I had to do was show up, and do the work. and that was easy to plan and execute


my current life is very amorphous. I have a lot more responsibilities. I have to take care of family. My body broke in 2018 and it requires daily upkeep to function. And I am trying to pivot careers. All of these generate a lot of work. Not to mention the rest of life throwing things at me.


So I somehow need some approach to taming it. and focus on what I need to do.


I’m good at the long term stuff. I know what I want to do.What I need to try. The paths to get there.


What I currently lack is some way of handling daily life. And what to do when life happens all the time.


Current plan: long term stuff - do with #OrgMode. daily stuff - do with #TimeBlocking


What I *also* need to remember to do is ***review*** mesh what i do on a daily basis and see if it is leading me to where I want to be.


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Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027797839619853

#orgmode, #timeblocking, #mjbBabbles


#TimeBlocking Log, Day 1 thread.


Will this stuff work? Logging for a few days, to see what I feel as I do this.


P.S. this is what I’m babbling on about: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111023054494146952


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Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027372377060351

#timeblocking, #mjbBabbles


so i’m going to try doing #TimeBlocking tomorrow onwards and babble about it


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Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111024483553161104

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#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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Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111023471486472636

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#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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Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111023463234244447

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#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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Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111023454502442676

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#TimeBlocking


PLAN YOUR WEEK! Contd:


  1. 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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Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111023446284217846

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#TimeBlocking


PLAN YOUR WEEK! Contd:


  1. The planning may take time up front, but it will return much greater productivity for the entire week that follows.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111023439695427454

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#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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Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111023425696499162

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#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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Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111023412665197556

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