Adding Flexibility with Buffer Times (Calendar Time Management, Part 2)
This is the second post of a series on how I use my calendar as a tool to manage my time. My first post focused on the basics where, to me, a calendar event means a time commitment, as opposed to just meetings, and by doing this, it visually shows how much of my time is already committed to things, and I don’t have much time to squeeze other things in. So, if you’ve ever felt like there just aren’t enough hours in the day, stick around. This post focuses on getting your hands on what is actually going on. I find my personal feelings of stress drastically reduce when I can actually see what is going on rather than just a feeling of impeding too much work and not enough time. [Also posted on medium .] This post focuses on a current experiment of a recurring one-hour daily weekday event for built-in buffer/slack in my schedule . As I mentioned in my prior post , I have a habit of seeing a gap in my calendar and filling it whenever possible. My brain assumes my estimates are perfect (they