Time blocking & Time boxing
Time blocking
- Allows you to map out your entire day, assigning specific blocks to different activities.
Here's a step-by-step process for how to time block your day:
- Identify your tasks. List what you need to do for the week. ...
- Create and schedule your work blocks. ...
- Balance your schedule. ...
- Stick to your schedule. ...
- Review your day and make adjustments
How to timebox
- Step 1: Identify tasks. Choose tasks that benefit from a focused time limit. ...
- Step 2: Set specific goals. Define what you want to achieve within the timebox. ...
- Step 3: Allocate time. Determine a specific time duration for each task. ...
- Step 4: Work without interruptions. ...
- Step 5: Review, adjust, and take a break.
7 tips to start time blocking your schedule today
- Identify what you need to work on for the day. ...
- Figure out when you're most productive. ...
- Group meetings if possible. ...
- Schedule your time blocks. ...
- Block off personal time. ...
- Allow for unexpected interruptions or work. ...
- Plan for lost time. ...
- Adjust as needed.
Time boxing
Timeboxing works. It is the most studied, most verified technique for sustaining good routines, maximizing productivity, and acting on your values in general. There is a huge amount of evidence to support its effectiveness, and that pile of evidence grows every year.
- Encourages you to tackle tasks within a set, allocated time. In agile principles, timeboxing allocates a maximum unit of time to an activity, called a timebox, within which a planned activity takes place. It is used by agile principles-based project management approaches and for personal time management.