What is the strangest thing you schedule time for in your calendar?
Brenna Donoghue
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If you live and breathe by your calendar, what do you block time for beyond the usual meetings and events?
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Nick Parsons@nrparsons
Fishing! I recently blocked half a day to go do that w/ my young son, who I'd been been promising "sometime" to for too long (we had a fantastic time). That and a couple other experiences have made me realize how great half a day can be — it's easier to fit / schedule (and thus much more likely to actually happen) than taking a full day off, but still long enough to be meaningful for important things that never seem to fit on the weekends.
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@nrparsons oh my gosh yes. The idea of taking off a full day feels overwhelming. I love this. I recently moved to Switzerland where kids all have Wednesday afternoons off. Whenever I have a chance to spend a Wednesday afternoon with them, it makes the whole week feel so much better.
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I've got surfing booked in 😅 🌊
@nik_hazell Yeah, you've got your priorities right
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@nik_hazell hah I do the same for the months I work remote! And leaving it open for my team to see that I'm surfing (not just "busy" status) because I want people to see the reason and that it's okay to block time for these things.
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prob getting haircut lol😅
@ofirenglin 😂 My first instinct was to laugh at this, but then I realized how long it's been since I got my hair cut. You might be onto something!
Kid's football & swimming practices 😂
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@siddhartha_dange I think I have the opposite... deadlines to cancel subscriptions!
My birthday😅
@anna_mandziuk 😅 it would be awkward to forget that!
Hope that means you take the day off!
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Calling my grandma, watering my plants, and replacing water in my bug out bag.
The internet just gave @michal_matlon a collective awwwwwww with that first one! 😍
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Picking up my kid from school :)
@gauravgoyal_gg don't want to forget that! 😬 (I do the same, but it's mostly to remind others that I can't take meetings at that time!)
lunch time has been a thing for me
Ha, @david_tedaldi1 from our team does this too and I've never been able to understand the need to remind myself to eat!
Breakfast, launch, dinner and sleep :)
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@brenna_donoghue so true. I look at shopping karts and all I wish for is to go back to a time when i can fit into the seats.
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take shower 😅
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1. Replying to specific emails.
2. Surfing / Participating in online communities am part of
So that number 2, does that mean this interaction was part of a scheduled PH time?
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Taking a nap 😅
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I schedule the time to schedule a specific appointment.
Watering flowers. Not sure if anybody else does this -))))
@julia_bitsens my husband does this too! Unlike me, he doesn't kill the plants in our house so I guess there is something to it!
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@julia_bitsens @brenna_donoghue oh, im in a good company !)) I have special counter app, this is really watering-flowers-management tool, can't imagine how to do it otherwise)
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For dermatologist appointment :P
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Focus time, gym/run/surf, walking to and from meetings, coffee or drinks with friends, naps, new episodes of apple tv shows that come out on Thursdays or Fridays 😅 all neatly planned in my Morgen calendar.
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20 mins office nap break