Timeblocking

You need to have XYZ to move by then because that's my time schedule to do it.

And so I'm just crystal clear on that time blocking.

You just called it what it's famously called time blocking or compartmentalizing your time.

Yeah.

talk about how we've moved and things are different, that is exactly, exactly how I used to manage my time when I was running YouMove.

Set days.

Set days and stick to the days and don't change the days because the days are really important and it's actually vital that we keep that routine and we keep that time blocking and workday themes going.

The next thing is I time block tasks into my calendar like an actual booking.

So for example, I booked this podcast in this morning because if I didn't book it in, I wouldn't set my alarm at the right time, I wouldn't get up, I wouldn't get ready, I would just get in the scroll hole or do fucking anything other than what I was meant to be doing.

If I don't, I will not do them.

So for example, if I'm at home and I'm doing whatever I'm doing and I know I've got to get to an appointment at two and I have to leave, at 2.30, I will have an alarm set for 2.20 to be like, leave in 10 minutes because that for me means that I've got to get my shoes on, get the dog collars on, get the dogs outside, get my shit and get the fuck out of the house because if I don't, next minute it'll be bloody 2.50 and I've got 10 minutes to drive 30 minutes to an appointment.

alarms for everything and some people find this super overstimulating and yes it is to a degree but if i don't do it i don't do anything seriously and i also when just going back to like time blocking i guess is i set times for things right if i made some time in the scroll hole, I'll try and book that in.

I always have a lamp on.

Just a bit of an insight into how I work, how I get a lot done is basically being able to focus, being able to acknowledge that you're going to have to sacrifice other parts of your life really to get to where you want to get to.

And then part two is being able to manage your time accordingly through time blocking and And also priorities as well, meaning like your first three, four hours of the day, or it could be like the first week of a month, for example, where you do work on a project or something really significant, but working on the most effective things.

What is going to drive sales today? What is going to drive sales today? What is going to drive sales? So that's the question that you should continually ask yourself.

That becomes a priority number one, because nothing else really matters outside of generating revenue, getting customers on board.

I was just talking about it enough and I saw enough women living in two camps.

They were either time blocking every hour and living and dying by their plan and unwilling to be flexible.

and not open to the leadings of the Holy Spirit or His divine interruptions in their day, or putting all their worth in their beautiful plan and their beautiful menu and their beautiful task list, or people who were just flying by the seat of their pants and always trying to get their act together.

And honestly, that group breaks my heart too because we don't need to get our act together, but you can be more faithful with what's in front of you.

This is my September.

I have found it to be such a grounding way to start my day in Recognizing, you know, I mean, it's biblical.

You teach us to number our days, number the hours in our days, even the time blocking, which...

For people who are like type B, which I don't think that actually exists, but time blocking is so helpful because you're numbering your day.

I think the key is to stick with it.

I mean, if you don't stick with it, you're not really time blocking.

Right.

Right.

And I, I'm not guaranteed to be back in that same mind frame on the next time that particular topic comes into a time block.

So I get it.

That's why I have a hard time time blocking.

I totally understand that.

You don't want to be another hash mark.

So when you call, provide some value and then just time blocking, actually sticking to a schedule.

And so I came into real estate feeling like, oh, I get to have a flexible schedule and create my own day and do what I want and go where I want.

And Fast forward to right before this year, it's like, okay, how's that working out for you? And so it's like all the things that I came into real estate thinking like, yep, I'm coming in because I want to make a lot of money.

I want to have this flexible life.

And I just took that and ran with it and had to realize you're going about it all wrong.

So I started time blocking.

I started... adhering to a schedule, I started making the calls that I was always telling myself that I would make, but also turn around and making an excuse as to why I couldn't make it.

So deep work, these sort of things, that's really relevant in that context.

Um, and then, uh, for this purpose, so, uh, it started with Jonathan having a few email newsletter posts about time blocking and why it doesn't work.

And I think the working title of the book brief is, uh, time blocking is a joke.

And you know, that, that was a bit like shots fired for me.

So, so we went back and forth a bit over email, um, And but then, yeah, Jonathan invited me to also take a look at the book brief where he lays out the productivity system in more detail.

So I was a bit like Yoda telling you to do or do not.

There's no planning and shuffling around.

But then, yeah, there's still some questions where, you know, maybe tactically, how do you do things in an effective way that are open? And maybe once we get past all the tactical things, we can revisit the whole time blocking and see how that works.

Um, whatever the activity is that you wanna get done, it's not going to get done unless you block out time to get it done.

And I just, it's such a simple idea, but it is, it's almost like the missing piece for so many people, time blocking.

T- let's talk about your relationship with time blocking.

We get 1,440 minutes a day.

People are getting their calculators out right now and verifying that that is true.

There's time blocked out.

And if you look at your calendar and you say, "Wow, I, I'm out of time," then you have to readjust your schedule and figure out your priorities.

But time blocking, I don't think it's a normal behavior.