Taking Back Time — The Meetings Edition
<p>In my most recent <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/iwannabemewhenigrowup/p/75-use-your-schedule-to-increase?r=dird7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">personal newsletter</a>, I shared some strategies I’ve been using to keep my energy up and to even rebuild energy simply through how I schedule my day.</p>
<p>As a creative entrepreneur, I have about as much control over my time and calendar as one can have. That said, I worked in a heavily scheduled environment for 20+ years, so I know the full spectrum of owning one’s time versus not owning one’s time. Today, I want to share a mixture of strategies you can try out as mini experiments to see if they help you reclaim more time in your day.</p>
<h2>Schedule Your Priorities as Appointments With Yourself</h2>
<p>Whether you call this time blocking, appointments with self, or some other name, if your calendar is what you easily follow, then start here. The only way I get myself to work out is if there is an appointment in my calendar for it. And while I love writing and content production, I can get sidetracked easily and go down a research topic rabbit hole. So, this morning’s calendar has a 2-hour block on it for content production, with two smaller blocks inside — one to write this article and one to promote my newsletter.</p>
<p>Time blocking can allow you to protect calendar time from people who actually look to see when you’re available before they schedule meetings. You can always decide if a meeting they might ask you about is more important, but be cautious. It’s a slippery slope to accept a meeting request about a project at face value when you’ve already blocked your time.</p>
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