Calendaring 101

Let’s talk about calendaring.  

This is how we execute our plan and get to where we want to be. Whether it’s spending more time with loved ones, volunteering, or conducting a job search on top of a demanding job, if you can put it on your calendar and follow through, it will get done.

Thinking back to my GPS analogy: if you think of planning as the specific address you want to go to, calendaring is the technologically optimized route you take to get there. ("technologically optimized"… hot.)

How to calendar: Pick an increment of time. Maybe a day or a week. Select the things from your to do list that you want to do. Maybe the time sensitive things, the urgent things, the fun things. And then: drum roll please... decide on a time to do each one, put it on your calendar, and then when the time comes: do it.

Consider the time on your calendar as an appointment with someone else. And that someone else is your future self: the person that is living your ideal life.

That way, when the time comes, you don’t blow it off. You take it as seriously as an appointment with a friend, a date, or a boss.

I have been calendaring since 2019 and it has changed my life. Three things from my experience to keep in mind:

1.You will not want to do the thing when it comes time to do the thing. That is ok, do it anyway.

2. Often times, you still won’t do the thing. That’s ok too. This is a practice, and we are not perfect.

3. Don’t make it mean anything about you if you didn’t do the thing. Be kind to yourself. Plan better next time. Calendar better next time.

Obviously there's a lot more to a successful and sustainable calendaring practice, but these three steps are the foundation and will uplevel your adulting on their own. For more help on your time management and life planning journey, stay tuned. Don't want to wait? Let's work together one on one!