How to plan your entire day without feeling like a prisoner

[Eric Tarpall]

You might feel resistance to having a schedule. Because schedules were imposed on you when you were a kid. Following someone elses schedule is is not fun. But making your own is.

If you plan every second of the day you will feel suffocated because there's no free time. You do need some free time. The best system that works for me is to do an activity for 1 hour. And then give myself 15 minutes of free time.

[Sahil Pandit]

@Eric Tarpall 

 

[NoSelfSelf]

Why not make a sheldule where you do things you enjoy doing and care about so your free time is just relaxation ?

[Eric Tarpall]

5 hours ago, Sahil Pandit said:

@Eric Tarpall 

 

I agree with mister peterson.

1 hour ago, NoSelfSelf said:

Why not make a sheldule where you do things you enjoy doing and care about so your free time is just relaxation ?

Yeah that's pretty much what I'm doing right now.

[Joseph Maynor]

Wow.  This is a great question.  This past year I've been working on a Daily Routine/ Schedule system that sustainably solves this problem for me.  It's all about getting a daily routine set up and having a system to account for the things that have to be done.  

[ivory]

It's helpful to have routines or practices but a rigid schedule can really wear you down.

[Joseph Maynor]

Check out my Journal Volume 10 for a my Daily Routine/ Schedule system.  I laid it all out as I developed it.  It's in the Personal Development Journals section of the Forum.  This is not a project that you can get an answer for in a short paragraph.  In fact one day I will develop a course on my Daily Routine/ Scheduling system because it does have some conceptual and logistical complexity to it.  

 

Edited December 28, 2018 by Joseph Maynor

[XYZ]

Writing schedules is easy and fun, but reality doesn't fit into neat little blocks of time. Careful planning itself can often be the biggest distraction. We have to learn to balance a stable routine with the ability to cope with setbacks, interruptions beyond our control, as well as allowing for binges in productivity. Like spending extra time working in a flow state, and allowing for actual free time to do nothing, or go outside and walk around, not just unproductive time to dick around on the computer and cellphone.