![]() ![]() I have a pretty solid process that’s been working really well for me for a few months now: But I decided to use it in a digital form - as a page template for the Notability app on my iPad Pro, along with a proactive time-block planning process and that’s when it clicked for me. It never really sticked for me, maybe because I would have to print it every day, or maybe because of its retroactive nature. I remembered I used to print David Seah’s Emergent Task Planner - a fairly simple, but really nicely designed one-page template, that lets you schedule, keep track of priorities and make notes during your workday. Since I’ve gone pretty much all paperless, I decided to put my own spin on the execution of the time-block planning method. If you’re interested in learning more, Cal has a short intro on his Time-Block Planner website. This will give you an indication where you may be able to fit longer, deep-work time blocks. Also remember to start by looking at your calendar events and blocking time for those first. Create a list of priorities, estimate how much each of them may take and then, in 30-minute blocks, plan your whole day. It’s a simple but surprisingly powerful technique, where you plan your next working day (or the day ahead if you do it first thing in the morning) as if you were adding events to the calendar. One of the productivity tactics he’s been preaching for the past few months has been what he calls “time-block planning”. I’m a massive fan of Cal Newport - his books, podcast, writing and general attitude towards productive and digitally minimalistic life.
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