Blocking Your Schedule

If you are running a small business, during the week there are many different things that you might have to do. These different things probably require different skill sets and would mean that you have to put on different hats. If you change your mindset too many times throughout the day, you may be wasting unnecessary energy. One of the solutions is to write down the tasks that need to be done in a week and block together the tasks that require similar skill sets. Sometimes your organized schedule gets disrupted. If you have travel or personal disruptions, your blocked out calendar may lose its shape. You can still apply these principles though. Maybe you take Monday off and start your blocked schedule on Tuesday, or you take your most important blocks and you move them around your personal appointments. Blocking your tasks will enable you to focus on the important things that you need to get done and get you into certain mindsets so that you are more productive, such as one day for creating and another for meetings and video conferencing.The bottom line here is to take time to plan.