Don’t put Tasks in your Calendar
My calendar is a crucial tool in my daily life. I tried ways of planning my life.
One way was to plan everything. Even bringing my son to school, having lunch and dinner.
That was a mistake.
Every day I was re-scheduling tasks from the days before that I could not execute.
There was no room for ad-hoc priority meetings because my schedule was ‘planned’ with tasks.
I am a stay-at-home-dad with an 11-month-old daughter: you can’t schedule tasks.
You just go with the flow of your child. When she is sleeping, I can pick up the next task on the list.
Even lunch and dinner are not fixed in my household. So, having them planned on a specific time was stupid.
And I don’t need to be reminded to have lunch, dinner or to bring my son to school. I will do these things anyhow.
So don’t overschedule, keep room and space in your calendar.
Only put items in that you need to do at a specific time and that you need to be reminded of.
How do you plan you calendar?
