![]() Let's go to his example of what that looks like. If I have a really complex four hours I might actually have an hour be four rows instead of just two, so that way it's divided up into 15 minute increments instead of 30 minute increments.Īfter you've put in the time, you start actually drawing blocks. You would put in the date, and then for every darker horizontal line you would put a time over here.īecause of my invisible disabilities I'm a late riser, so my first hour tends to be either 10 or 11 am and then I just count on from there. Let's ignore this side for now and just look at this. So I was a little afraid there weren't going to be days six and seven, but there are, there are seven days for each week, plus the two weekly planning pages at the beginning of each week. I was a little concerned when I was originally reading the opening chapters because Cal Newport very much focuses on getting your work done at work (aka your Monday through Friday, nine to five that you can leave it at work). Then the other planning page is - this the actual time blocking magic - and there are two pages for each individual day. It's just really simple, really straightforward. ![]() So one week it might be just a really simple list of priorities, another week it might be a full journaling to figure out how to wrap my head around everything that's on my plate that week (and then spit out some priorities), it might be me mind-mapping, I might end up using this for Anytime Pages actually if I don't have my other notebook with me. Because the way I need to plan is dynamic and changes based on what's on my plate any given week. This is instead where they come out to play.Īnd so this is just a really simple blank two pages that you can use however your brain needs to use them that week, and that's something that I really appreciate. This isn't where they live, this is not their home, this is not their permanent home. Again, like he says and teaches at the beginning of this and also in his book "Deep Work," you want to be holding on to all of your tasks and your appointments somewhere else. (And yes, there are only two.) The first one is this two page spread at the beginning of every week, and it's simply the week ahead. Now let's look at the two planning spreads that exist in this book. Planning is so important and to have the accountability to actually follow through on that makes it so much easier to maintain, and then over time it's a snowball effect where you find yourself being more and more productive and experiencing more and more fulfillment, especially if you're working towards things that are meaningful to you. "The planning may take time up front, but it will return much greater productivity for the entire week that follows." This is something that I believe heartily, that the more you plan the less you work later, and that is a huge cornerstone of my entire coaching philosophy (and especially my coaching membership where I help my members every Friday review the week that came before and plan for the week that's coming). It also provides an anxiety reducing sense of control over your schedule." I can 100 attest to that.Īnd then it goes on to tell you about the two planning spreads that you have inside the book and what to do with them. "This critical shift from managing tasks to managing time can massively increase the amount of useful work you accomplish. I'm not one for orange but damn, nice choice! And then when you open it up to the beginning you get the cover page, "The Time-Block Planner a daily method for deep work in a distracted world Cal Newport" and there's actually a really nice in-depth chapter on time blocking itself and how to use this planner well.Īnd I wanted to share a couple of my favorite quotes. It does however have this single ribbon bookmark which is a gorgeous orange color. ![]() ![]() But like I mentioned before the fact that it's not beautiful and bougie and perfect actually helps me use it more so I'm cool with that. It's sturdy but it's delicate enough that I would be afraid of it getting banged up if I were to throw it haphazardly into a bag. The cover itself as you can see is a rather thin material. As you can see it is a lovely shade of blue, has a really simple blocky design (I'm here for puns, so I approve of it), has the name Time-Block Planner.
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