Calendar
When your calendar is causing you to be overwhelmed and busy, are you using it the right way for you? You must be wondering what I mean.
Do you know if you’re a person that requires white space in your calendar, or do you think it is better when you schedule your day with color-coding?
The trick is to figure out when your calendar triggers your brain. Test it out and pay attention to how you’re feeling. I have clients that want to have every minute of the day planned, and I have others that need to see that they have space.
Here’s the big secret it will be different for each of us.
Plan for enough time
Nothing will get thoughts of overwhelm going faster than getting behind schedule. Or maybe that’s just me?
Are you doing something new? Despite what you think, things take longer than you think to get done. Until you have a good measure of the amount of time it will take to complete, make sure you double what you think it will take.
Scheduling too much
Do you overschedule? Scheduling too much on your calendar is a ticket to thoughts of busyness and overwhelm.
For example, you are booking back-to-back meetings for hours without time in between. Another example is double booking your time on your calendar. Because that never ends well, stop people-pleasing. Be respectful of others and their time.
Plan for Fires
Undoubtedly not planning for fires; you know they will happen. Create space in your calendar to allow your actions to shift.
Planning for fires is something that I do with my clients, here is how it works. On your calendar, you have blocks of time set aside for fires.
Stay with me here; the fires will not magically happen at these time blocks. When you have fire blocks, you’re able to shift items around on your calendar where they would have gotten skipped over in the past.
Here is an example for further clarification. At 9 am, you’ve blocked time to work on a proposal for a client. Suddenly, at 9:15 am, you have an urgent employee issue that requires your immediate attention.
Shift the proposal to your fire block that you have in your calendar. I recommend my clients have two one-hour fire blocks in the morning and the afternoon.
Little Side Note
Here is an older article, and it is still great information!
Other suggestions when your Calendar Causing Overwhelm & Busy
Use the Pomodoro Method; work for 25 minutes on and 5 minutes off. It will increase your time management and efficiency. Here is an article to read about it.
Your calendar may be causing overwhelm and busyness because you’ve not planned for self-care. What I tell my clients is self-care is not all able bubble baths. It is about exercise, eating healthy, mindfulness. It is the activities that renew you.
Creating a dream day is an activity I have my clients do when they are working towards a big goal or vision. What is your dream day or week? If you have a Google calendar you can set up a calendar for your dream week that you can turn on and off. It will let you compare your current schedule to your dream schedule.
I know you’re ready right now to get out of the thoughts of overwhelm. I can help you. The link to apply for private coaching is below.
Private Coaching
Why do I believe in the power of private coaching?
Because it is truly life-changing. When your coach asks you that mind-blowing question that suddenly allows you to see what you've been missing all along that was literally right in front of your face.
You just need someone with a different perspective to help you see it.
Are you ready to experience life from a different perspective?
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