Yes, a kind of fixed time blocking. Reminds me a little of the Pomodoro technique. The only difference is that the time is longer... the basic idea is that you have a manageable time frame that is not too long in order to focus on your work and then take a break again for other things... always in alternation. What I don't like about Pomodoro are the very short times of around 25 minutes. When I'm "in the flow" I can't drop everything and do something else... that would be counterproductive. But after 2 hours you often automatically want to take a short break 😎 Thanks Carl for the video!

This make s lot of sense for me and, even better, I am going to act on it. Thank you for your clear discussion.

Considering it is a video on time management, it took a long time for him to get to the point.

Loved this content. Thank you! Less is more - looking at this calendar template is so relaxing. Mine is cluttered but I ma practicing Less is more. Your video motivated me to make it simpler and inspiring. Thank you Carl!

Thank you Carl, I like the approach of starting with personal time management and then extending it to work. I believe that by gradually implementing this technique, we could achieve remarkable results in managing our time and improving our productivity. Thanks for the video!

Love this one 💜 Next I would love to see how you bring it together with your projects and task Managment.

Hi! from Montevideo, Uruguay. I love your channel, became instant fan, really valuable videos. Thanks for sharing Carl 💪🏻

Great idea! Going to try this with some tweaks. I always start with work so thanks for the tip about starting with family. :)

all writers have a method. But not all have excellent results ... learning from Archer is a must. Thanks its a great idea for better time blocking my week ,personal and work time. thanks

Carl, thank you so much for this video. It reminds me however of something another writer, Philip Roth, said about other writers’ habits: “I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, "Is he as crazy as I am?" I don’t need that question answered”.

Part of the reason there's less calendars is that they're essentially all windows into an outside service - they don't have your data, so switching is absurdly cheap compared to having to migrate your tasks and notes over. Plus the format's more standard than in notes apps, so they're less unique between each other.

Awesome. Thanks Carl for this. A perfect balance between work & personal time.

I will try thi carl.

Thanks for this idea, Carl. I REALLY like this concept. It also helps deal with a change Google made that torpedoed my appointment system. Until recently, I could set a specific Google calendar as busy or free by default. But they quietly dropped that, which threw a curve at my use of Calendly. A BIG part of my work requires 1:1 meetings, and I prefer that clients be accountable for setting them up since they are rarely on predictable schedules. It was a wonderfully robust system since Calendly would look at my availability across all of the calendars and only offer times that would not be a conflict. Without the defaults, I have to manually ensure that my focus time is not available to be booked by clients. A calendar this predictable makes that a much more straightforward part of the weekly planning and still allows for multiple dayparts in which clients can book. Despite scouring the internet, I have not found any reason that Google would make that change. But they are Google, and they do as they It sure broke my calendaring system.. This will help.

thanks

That’s a really interesting idea. I reckon, initially at least, I’d feel twitchy during down times as I’d be worried I wasn’t doing productive work. No doubt those feelings of guilt would disappear over time.

I do something similar. I do 2 hours on and 1 hour off

168 but we know what you mean.

Fyi - it's 168 hrs in the week

Jeffery probably started this method when he was detained at her majesty's pleasure for two years. He would have had a lot of time on his hands

hahahah boomer