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The Thinking Lab - Creating a Daily & Weekly Schedule That Works for You, Part 1 - for Members
The Thinking Lab - Creating a Daily & Weekly Schedule That Works for You, Part 1 - for MembersDecember 10, 2024 –
Topic: Creating a Daily & Weekly Schedule That Works for You, Part 1
Are you about to start an initiative, a major new project that will be emotionally challenging? Are you already feeling a bit overwhelmed keeping up with your current commitments and wanting to shift the status quo? Do you want to carve more time out for a passion, a person, or a project?
The prerequisite for pursuing any goal that shifts the status quo is reliable daily and weekly routines that support hard work, time off, and emotional processing — everything that is necessary to sustain creative work through unforeseen obstacles.
Sometimes people call these "time management systems." Usually, "time management systems" are just too complicated. Implementing them is overwhelming in itself. I think what you need is a "scheduling infrastructure," a minimal set of routines to keep you organized. This means you put just enough structure into your days and weeks to help you focus and adapt as needed as you dive into your various projects.
Your infrastructure depends on many individual factors — what time of day you do your best concentrated work, when you spend time with your friends and family, and what other work, fitness, hobbies, etc., you engage in. In this workshop, you will go step by step through a process for working out a personal scheduling infrastructure you can use to be more productive.
On Day 1, I'll explain what you need as a minimum and why. You'll then assess what you have now. What do your days and weeks look like? There is likely some structure in them. You'll also do your first pass thinking about what needs to change for you to meet your productivity goals.
The prerequisite for pursuing any goal that shifts the status quo is reliable daily and weekly routines that support hard work, time off, and emotional processing — everything that is necessary to sustain creative work through unforeseen obstacles.
Sometimes people call these "time management systems." Usually, "time management systems" are just too complicated. Implementing them is overwhelming in itself. I think what you need is a "scheduling infrastructure," a minimal set of routines to keep you organized. This means you put just enough structure into your days and weeks to help you focus and adapt as needed as you dive into your various projects.
Your infrastructure depends on many individual factors — what time of day you do your best concentrated work, when you spend time with your friends and family, and what other work, fitness, hobbies, etc., you engage in. In this workshop, you will go step by step through a process for working out a personal scheduling infrastructure you can use to be more productive.
On Day 1, I'll explain what you need as a minimum and why. You'll then assess what you have now. What do your days and weeks look like? There is likely some structure in them. You'll also do your first pass thinking about what needs to change for you to meet your productivity goals.