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Ever make a plan and then completely ignore it?
I've been time blocking this year — putting tasks on the calendar, estimating how long things will take, trying to stick to it.
When it works, I love it.
When it doesn't, I noticed something uncomfortable: I stop looking at the calendar entirely. The task doesn't get done. And part of my brain wants to conclude the whole system is a waste of time.
But that's not what's actually happening.
What's actually happening is one of two things: my time estimate was wrong, or something more urgent moved in. Neither is a systems failure. They're just information. The plan had a crack in it.
The real problem is what comes next: disappearing from the calendar instead of fixing the plan. That's where most time blocking attempts die — not from the disruption, but from the exit after it.
When I've stayed with it, the fix is usually simple:
- Block more realistic time
- Build in buffers before meetings or travel
- Move what genuinely can't happen today instead of ignoring it
- Set alarms for all my meetings at the start of the day — so I'm not carrying the schedule in my head
The real skill isn't perfect planning. It's returning to the plan and making it more honest.
👉 So — what would you need to adjust to make the plan actually work?
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Ever make a plan and then completely ignore it?
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