Ep 182: Calendar management: do's and don'ts for sanity — Powrup

Your calendar probably isn't a plan. It's a receipt for everything other people asked you to do.

We've heard a few common ways people run a calendar. As a receipt, where it's just a record of what you're delivering for everyone else. As a watch list, where you accept everything and then triage it on a Sunday night. Or as a Tetris board, where the blocks are constantly moving around because they have to fit the hours you've actually got.

Some of our do's and don'ts:

Deliberately end meetings 5-10 mins early.
Stop defaulting to 60 minutes! Start at 15 and make yourself justify more.
Put the agenda in the description field - most agendas are one question or one decision anyway.
Block your travel time and be honest about how long it takes.
Block the prep before a meeting, and a block for the work that comes out of it.
Name your blocks, personal ones too, so people can see what's movable.
Put a three month end date on recurring meetings, so you've got a natural excuse to kill them.

Plus an expensive Japanese pot, a helpful husband, and three op shops.If this was helpful, we've got mini masterclasses on calendar hacks, taking back your time, and the art of prioritisation inside Powrsuit. Reach out and we'll sort a discount for your first month.

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