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schedule makes it obvious how silly it is. Though most of us do
approach our calendars this way: we start with a blank slate, and make
our most important work fit in around any appointments and events
that pop up throughout the workweek.

Mall’s solution is to create a boilerplate Example of Boilerplate
daily schedule and update it with extra Daily Schedule
details for each day. This way, you start
7:00-8:00
with a calendar full of important work, Gym
and extra events have to fit in around 8:00-9:00
your work. Here’s what Mall’s schedule Check email/socials
template looks like. 9:00-10:30
Meeting Slot
At the end of each workday, Mall spends 10:30-12:00
half an hour updating the template Meeting Slot
with specifics for the next day’s work. 12:00-1:00
Any template calendar slot is replaced Lunch
with something more specific. So “daily
1:00-4:00
work” slots, for instance, get renamed to Daily Work
specific tasks or projects to be worked on
4:00-6:00
during those times. Dinner with kids

Since Mall has two possible slots for calls
each day, he can confidently schedule calls knowing they won’t affect
his work, and turn down call requests that don’t fit those times. And
any unscheduled call slots are simply switched to daily work slots
instead.

This approach means Mall always has an hour of meaningful work
scheduled first thing in the morning, as well as scheduled periods of
focus time for daily work. Mall also makes sure to schedule periods for
checking email, Slack, and social media, and keeps those apps closed
at other times so he can focus more on his work.

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