Quick calendaring guidelines: 1. Schedule time for your self-care and rest. What helps you the most? What gets you feeling most refreshed? Schedule it in. Could be activities in the morning, afternoon, evening. Could be daily, weekly, monthly, yearly. 2. Schedule time for loved ones. So that you aren't available for them ALL THE TIME but you know when you'll spend quality time with them. 3. Schedule time for important chores & errands -- if you live with others, consider delegating some chores to them. See some chores as less important but "nice to do" -- perhaps do them less frequently? 4. Schedule time for your business. Guidance: www.georgekao.com/blog/businesstime 5. Schedule time for learning & coaching. 6. Schedule other things like hobbies so you won't feel that you're neglecting those. 7. Schedule time for planning and reflection.
Omg I love what you’ve shared here. And George I truly honour you for your experience and where you are right now with your writing. Your writing inspires so many. Planning from a place of resource - so good! Not over piling! I used to someone who preferred flow to structure but my therapy training taught me that we need structure to create safety and within the structure we can have flexibility!
SELF-CARE: From Rennea Couttenye: Sleep enough hours is essential for me From Jayashree: Sleeping, cycling and walking helps me a lot. From Gina Patrick: I always have meditation, yoga, and working out on my todo list. Checking them off really helps me feel accomplished :D From Arden Reece: I have a morning routine that is non-negotiable: meditation, workout, walk the dog, read/journal. From Gina Patrick: Or long walks with the dogs From Freada McGoldrick: Sometimes movement, sometimes a short meditation, a short walk, From Cheri Harvey: Walks in the park one to two times a week. daily yoga (even 5-15 minutes) From Debbie Pugh: Have to connect with nature everyday....going to add the naps ha ha From Joanna: 3 a day!! Wow. You are the Napster! The Napmeister! From Rennea Couttenye: @arden mee too! From Robin Pickering, she/they: I have to sleep 9 or 10 hours a night and nap as well as needed. Also need to eat very specific diet (Have EBV/Chronic fatigue.) If i don’t do these I get sick pretty quickly and then everything’s out the window. From Donatella Porceddu: Walk with my dog, home cooking, reading, time with friends (chats over coffee) From Elie Khoury - Lebanon / Turkey: running, meditation, yoga, rest, reading, preparing healthy food, meeting people I love From Morgyn Danae: Regular joyful exercise: dancing, strength training, walking, especially outdoors in beautiful places with music I love, average 8 hours/night of sleep and naps occasionally when needed.
Below are some Chats from Live Participants… From Donatella Porceddu: Love your dog waking up from the nap :) From Nathan Lively - Minneapolis: Hi Buddy! From Donatella Porceddu: My perfectionism might be clashing with my calendar..always taking more time than scheduled to complete a task From Rebecca Koeller: I'd like to schedule more into my calendar but I hate being told when to start my day :D From Rennea Couttenye: Going with the flow makes me very happy but I feel I don’t get any results! From Rebecca Koeller: I always go with the flow. I cannot work with strict schedules. But I get everything done just by working on my todo list :) From Dave Hill Jr. (he/him): Recently, I started using a “meaningful todo list” so I write down why my task is meaningful to me, helps me stay connected to purpose. Also limit the todos in a day to 3 at a time. If I get more done I have a backlog to pull from. From Marinés Rivera: but practice lets you know your best times... From Nina Potter: Discipline Creates FREEDOM From Shweta @GUTsierLiving: @Dave - Love that. I think about it but do not write it. Thanks! From Gina Patrick: I use a simple notecard folded in half, one side is before noon activities (non-negotiable things I need to do) and afternoon are tasks that I intend to do in the day but have more flexibility. From Christine: Structure liberates. ❤ From Dave Hill Jr. (he/him): Structure = The bonds that free us! From Ker Cleary she/her: @Gina love that idea, sounds like it could work for me From Rowena Scotney: and the structures often evolve too in response to our creativity/how we experience/work best - they can be really revealing From Alexandra: @Cheri, time blocking, with specifics within that time block From Teddy Kinley: providing time to turn off, and shut down!! From Nathan Lively - Minneapolis: @Dave Such a great tip! A reminder for why you want to do this…why it was scheduled in the first place. From Donna Harris-harrisdl@earthlink.net: I end up using my calendar to record how I actually spent my time rather than how I planned to spend it.
Quick calendaring guidelines:
1. Schedule time for your self-care and rest. What helps you the most? What gets you feeling most refreshed? Schedule it in. Could be activities in the morning, afternoon, evening. Could be daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.
2. Schedule time for loved ones. So that you aren't available for them ALL THE TIME but you know when you'll spend quality time with them.
3. Schedule time for important chores & errands -- if you live with others, consider delegating some chores to them. See some chores as less important but "nice to do" -- perhaps do them less frequently?
4. Schedule time for your business. Guidance: www.georgekao.com/blog/businesstime
5. Schedule time for learning & coaching.
6. Schedule other things like hobbies so you won't feel that you're neglecting those.
7. Schedule time for planning and reflection.
Omg I love what you’ve shared here. And George I truly honour you for your experience and where you are right now with your writing. Your writing inspires so many. Planning from a place of resource - so good! Not over piling! I used to someone who preferred flow to structure but my therapy training taught me that we need structure to create safety and within the structure we can have flexibility!
your vulnerability has touched my heart George, as I can deeply relate as a child of immigrant...
You don’t have time for the impt things - you’ve got to structure the impt things! I love it!
napping station 😂
SELF-CARE:
From Rennea Couttenye:
Sleep enough hours is essential for me
From Jayashree:
Sleeping, cycling and walking helps me a lot.
From Gina Patrick:
I always have meditation, yoga, and working out on my todo list. Checking them off really helps me feel accomplished :D
From Arden Reece:
I have a morning routine that is non-negotiable: meditation, workout, walk the dog, read/journal.
From Gina Patrick:
Or long walks with the dogs
From Freada McGoldrick:
Sometimes movement, sometimes a short meditation, a short walk,
From Cheri Harvey:
Walks in the park one to two times a week. daily yoga (even 5-15 minutes)
From Debbie Pugh:
Have to connect with nature everyday....going to add the naps ha ha
From Joanna:
3 a day!! Wow. You are the Napster! The Napmeister!
From Rennea Couttenye:
@arden mee too!
From Robin Pickering, she/they:
I have to sleep 9 or 10 hours a night and nap as well as needed. Also need to eat very specific diet (Have EBV/Chronic fatigue.) If i don’t do these I get sick pretty quickly and then everything’s out the window.
From Donatella Porceddu:
Walk with my dog, home cooking, reading, time with friends (chats over coffee)
From Elie Khoury - Lebanon / Turkey:
running, meditation, yoga, rest, reading, preparing healthy food, meeting people I love
From Morgyn Danae:
Regular joyful exercise: dancing, strength training, walking, especially outdoors in beautiful places with music I love, average 8 hours/night of sleep and naps occasionally when needed.
Below are some Chats from Live Participants…
From Donatella Porceddu:
Love your dog waking up from the nap :)
From Nathan Lively - Minneapolis:
Hi Buddy!
From Donatella Porceddu:
My perfectionism might be clashing with my calendar..always taking more time than scheduled to complete a task
From Rebecca Koeller:
I'd like to schedule more into my calendar but I hate being told when to start my day :D
From Rennea Couttenye:
Going with the flow makes me very happy but I feel I don’t get any results!
From Rebecca Koeller:
I always go with the flow. I cannot work with strict schedules. But I get everything done just by working on my todo list :)
From Dave Hill Jr. (he/him):
Recently, I started using a “meaningful todo list” so I write down why my task is meaningful to me, helps me stay connected to purpose. Also limit the todos in a day to 3 at a time. If I get more done I have a backlog to pull from.
From Marinés Rivera:
but practice lets you know your best times...
From Nina Potter:
Discipline Creates FREEDOM
From Shweta @GUTsierLiving:
@Dave - Love that. I think about it but do not write it. Thanks!
From Gina Patrick:
I use a simple notecard folded in half, one side is before noon activities (non-negotiable things I need to do) and afternoon are tasks that I intend to do in the day but have more flexibility.
From Christine:
Structure liberates. ❤
From Dave Hill Jr. (he/him):
Structure = The bonds that free us!
From Ker Cleary she/her:
@Gina love that idea, sounds like it could work for me
From Rowena Scotney:
and the structures often evolve too in response to our creativity/how we experience/work best - they can be really revealing
From Alexandra:
@Cheri, time blocking, with specifics within that time block
From Teddy Kinley:
providing time to turn off, and shut down!!
From Nathan Lively - Minneapolis:
@Dave Such a great tip! A reminder for why you want to do this…why it was scheduled in the first place.
From Donna Harris-harrisdl@earthlink.net:
I end up using my calendar to record how I actually spent my time rather than how I planned to spend it.