This is genius! Thank you Mariana! Realizing how long tasks are taking me is the way for me. I tired calendar blocking but I always had things come up that would ruin my plans anyway, because I have a young baby. This is the way to go to realize how many things I’m actually able to do on average during a day. Thanks for this!!!
I do a combination of the two which I would welcome your thoughts. Although my role is very reactive, I find if I don't at least plan and time block to do certain tasks that they never get completed. Inevitably as you mention things crop up which mean a task may take two hours longer so I go back and extend the existing block to the time it actually took as a reference for the future.
I've been using this method for months, I didn't know at all that it was a method separate from time blocking, it's just how my brain works and by doing it like this, I can analyze my schedule every Friday evening to check if I am using my time well each week, for work, for school, for my personal activities and my hobbies, adjusting the time slots afterwards if necessary, I am not stressed to follow my job time when I simply cannot, and due to my workload which is very variable from day to day and meetings constantly moving I cannot be limited by a calendar.
Great great video. Thanks. I think it is one of the best videos on time-blocking I've ever seen. What youcall reverse time-blocking is nothing but time-tracking. You have many tools on the market for that, but doing it in your calendar app is also a good idea. Me I didn't find a tool that fits well my time-tracking needs. So I designed a special webapp for that. I have some issues with my current task and calendar management app. I will take a look at Akiflow.
Thank you for a good video. What you call reverse calendar blocking seems to me to be logging *actual* time spent, and then using that to provide realistic calendar block(s) for tasks and projects in the future. Am I missing something, or is that essentially what you are saying? Thanks.
I have the same comment. I think it is that. This is also called time-tracking. You have many tools on the market for that, but doing it in your calendar app is also a good idea. Me I didn't find a tool that fits well my time-tracking needs. So I designed a special webapp for that.
Thanks - makes sense. When I have time tracked before it's on a note page (analogue), but never on a calendar - will try it on a calendar on my laptop.
omg haha what a coincidence! I feel suffocated and unproductive under the blocking system. So instead I use google calendar to log and journal my work instead of planning my work. I usually determine a buckets of tasks, a direction, or some tangible goals at the end of the day/week, and let my energy take me to whereever. I will color-code my small steps towards a certain goal like "DAY 1 Learning Git", "DAY2 setting up my workspace" and assign a color to it. I will do them to drawing, writing, and other concurrent goals respectively. I'll take break and exercise when I need to, and log them in green. After a week I can look at a wall of color and get a sense of what I have accomplished and what workload is the best for me. And I will plan my next week's buckets of tasks accordingly without feeling overwhelmed.
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I have some questions about Akiflow. Do you think you cab reply? Or should I contact their support team?
I like the app Structured for this, it syncs with Google calendar, too! Makes it easy to just drag and drop your activities into the day.
This is genius! Thank you Mariana! Realizing how long tasks are taking me is the way for me. I tired calendar blocking but I always had things come up that would ruin my plans anyway, because I have a young baby. This is the way to go to realize how many things I’m actually able to do on average during a day. Thanks for this!!!
You can also think about a time-tracking app.
I do a combination of the two which I would welcome your thoughts. Although my role is very reactive, I find if I don't at least plan and time block to do certain tasks that they never get completed. Inevitably as you mention things crop up which mean a task may take two hours longer so I go back and extend the existing block to the time it actually took as a reference for the future.
I've been using this method for months, I didn't know at all that it was a method separate from time blocking, it's just how my brain works and by doing it like this, I can analyze my schedule every Friday evening to check if I am using my time well each week, for work, for school, for my personal activities and my hobbies, adjusting the time slots afterwards if necessary, I am not stressed to follow my job time when I simply cannot, and due to my workload which is very variable from day to day and meetings constantly moving I cannot be limited by a calendar.
Great information Mariana as always ❤🙏
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Thanks so much! 😊
It sounds like an excellent alternative to journaling where work or time-dependent activities are concerned. Thank you.
Great great video. Thanks. I think it is one of the best videos on time-blocking I've ever seen.
What youcall reverse time-blocking is nothing but time-tracking. You have many tools on the market for that, but doing it in your calendar app is also a good idea. Me I didn't find a tool that fits well my time-tracking needs. So I designed a special webapp for that.
I have some issues with my current task and calendar management app. I will take a look at Akiflow.
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Thank you for a good video. What you call reverse calendar blocking seems to me to be logging *actual* time spent, and then using that to provide realistic calendar block(s) for tasks and projects in the future. Am I missing something, or is that essentially what you are saying? Thanks.
I have the same comment. I think it is that. This is also called time-tracking. You have many tools on the market for that, but doing it in your calendar app is also a good idea. Me I didn't find a tool that fits well my time-tracking needs. So I designed a special webapp for that.
It’s time tracking in calendar format ;)
Thanks - makes sense. When I have time tracked before it's on a note page (analogue), but never on a calendar - will try it on a calendar on my laptop.
Motion is an AI based calendar blocking system that readjusts for you. The AI in it is pretty amazing.
I do this because I have a 6 month old and I do not sleep :D I discover how productive I am during this phase of my life
Omg same, what is even sleep with a 6 month old! (My son is now 5.5 months so I understand)
I didn't understand what reverse calendar blocking is from this video. Can you explain how this method works?
omg haha what a coincidence! I feel suffocated and unproductive under the blocking system. So instead I use google calendar to log and journal my work instead of planning my work. I usually determine a buckets of tasks, a direction, or some tangible goals at the end of the day/week, and let my energy take me to whereever. I will color-code my small steps towards a certain goal like "DAY 1 Learning Git", "DAY2 setting up my workspace" and assign a color to it. I will do them to drawing, writing, and other concurrent goals respectively. I'll take break and exercise when I need to, and log them in green. After a week I can look at a wall of color and get a sense of what I have accomplished and what workload is the best for me. And I will plan my next week's buckets of tasks accordingly without feeling overwhelmed.
I love to know how you got your task list on the left side. I googled and look in setting and have not been able to figure it out so far.
It was answered at the end of video, sorry.
I mentally feel trapped with time blocking. However I do block in what I spent time doing so I can see where I spent my time.
At 3:53 what planning app is she using ? Looks so good and effective 😅
Akiflow!
which calander are you using in the vedio
other than google calander
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Just awesome!!
Wow 😍
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wait is she brazilian/portuguese?
I didnt understand this video. Usually love them tho
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Was this Google Calendar
It's TickTick I think. She has made a video on calendar blocking apps other than Google Calendar of you are interested...
It’s Akiflow!
@@mariana-vieira oh ok
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