The Bright Method Podcast: Realistic Time Management and Productivity for Working Women & Working Moms 65. When You're Anxious About the Next Calendared Entry
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Sep 2, 2024 Feeling anxious about upcoming calendar events? Discover effective strategies to tackle this anxiety and improve your focus. Learn how managing scheduling fears can enhance your productivity. Explore the importance of planning and adaptability in overcoming these challenges. This conversation offers practical tips to help you stay present and engaged with your current tasks.
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Plan Around Predictable Pre-Event Anxiety
- Own that certain events will make you unfocusable and plan your day around that reality.
- Block those hours and match lower-focus tasks (email, social posts, finances) to the windows when you know you'll be scattered.
Speaking Engagements Eat Pre-Event Focus Time
- Kelly Nolan describes speaking engagements as time drains beyond the scheduled hour because she fixates beforehand.
- She stopped scheduling focus work before workshops because two to three pre-event hours are effectively lost.
Match Tasks To Your Energy Around Calls
- Match task energy to how you'll feel before and after important events instead of forcing high-focus work.
- For program calls Kelly moves workouts, showers, and prep into the morning and schedules bite-size tasks before the call.