The 5 Surprising kinds of people that time blocking will help
Ever experimented with time blocking and then thought it wasn’t for you?
It’s possible it isn’t for you.
It’s also very likely that you were taught traditional time blocking. A process that tries to take the beautiful parts of being human out, making it incredibly difficult to use and benefit from.
Attaching a task to when we think it “should” be done isn’t all that effective. Neither is forcing ourselves to follow unrealistic plans.
There are many different ways to implement time blocking. It all depends on who you are (mind, body, and soul) and your life circumstances.
That’s why holistic time blocking, or time blocking for humans, is much more impactful. When you are uniquely strategic with what tasks you time block, you’ll finally stop feeling dread when you look at your week ahead.
In this article, you’ll learn what makes time blocking so effective and five surprising kinds of people that it’ll help work and stress a lot less.
Why is time blocking so effective?
Time blocking, also known as calendar blocking, is a planning strategy where you proactively dedicate certain tasks to a certain time frame. It’s also an execution and accountability strategy.
When turned into a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule template, it can decrease time spent planning by more than 50%, freeing you up to do the things you want to do.
Attaching a task to a specific time frame helps you be more realistic with your time and more likely to do it. Unlike operating from a to-do list, your mind will stop worrying about all the other things you “should” be doing. This clears up tons of mental space and energy to get focused, deep work done.
Not only that, time blocking helps you externalize time, meaning you can actually see it visually. Time is a slippery concept that is hard for many to truly grasp. Externalizing time decreases time anxiety, urgency, and overwhelm among many other benefits.
What kinds of people will benefit from time blocking?
Time blocking for neurodivergent
Agustina at @theautisticlife shares, “as Neurodivergent people, our differences in executive functioning skills such as focus and attention, emotional and impulse control, working memory, planning, and organization can all be linked to our distinct perception of time.”
Working with many neurodivergent folks over the last few years, I’ve seen holistic time blocking be particularly helpful in creating a way to manage their time, prioritize tasks, and prevent burnout in a way that works for their brain. If you want a time strategy that works, it’s essential to account for your unique brain.
Time blocking for parents
Parents not only have their own tasks, goals, and lives to care for, but their household and children too. Time management can feel really challenging to many parents because plans are constantly changing. That’s why time blocking is such an impactful time management strategy. The key is being uber-realistic with your plans and extremely flexible.
Holistic time blocking has really helped parents with the most unpredictable schedules to reduce stress and chaos, prioritize time for themselves, and create more balance between work and family.
Time blocking for entrepreneurs
Along with parents, entrepreneurs are often juggling 5 things at once, all day long. Also, depending on the business you have, you have to delegate and manage a team of people. Making time for focused work to move the business forward, and taking guilt-free time away from the business, are challenges I regularly hear from my entrepreneur clients.
Holistic time blocking supports business owners in getting ahead of the fires they’re constantly putting out and taking much-needed time and space for themselves. It helps them prioritize the projects and tasks that will excite and motivate them.
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Time blocking for creatives + rebellious folks
When I say creatives and rebellious folks, I’m talking about writers, artists, photographers, and people who live against the grain. Think of anyone who doesn’t want to live in a cubicle for 40+ hours a week in a soul-sucking job, and has a passion for creating things–whatever the thing may be.
The most common time management challenge for us is: You can’t predict when inspiration will strike. You also get lost in your art and completely forget about time. You can’t live on a schedule, nor would you want to! However, most creatives feel like they’re not accomplishing the work they really want to do. They’re constantly doing everything else but their art.
When used in a certain way, time blocking helps creatives take care of everything else in their life so they can free up their mind, space, and energy to create their art. Holistic time blocking helps rebellious folks actually create more freedom and autonomy in their lives, allowing them to create the impact they want.
Time blocking for spiritual beings
Many spiritual people are often experienced by others as flaky. Think Frankie, in Grace & Frankie. She’s all over the place, late to things, and loses everything. However, from working with spiritual people, they just haven’t found a way to plan effectively while going with the flow.
How can we find time to meditate while also making sure we get our work done and pay our bills? Deeply connect with nature without thinking about all the things we have to do after?
Holistic time management – specifically redefining what time means to you and collaborating with time as the spiritual being you are. This is one of the things I help folks do in my 1:1 coaching.
Our connection to spirit/God/the universe deeply depends on our groundedness and peace. Holistic time blocking helps bring spiritual people to live their purpose in the 3D world more effectively, while staying in tune with spirit. Once you find the perfect balance between intuition and structure, you’ll be unstoppable.
It all comes back to how you time block.
There is hope for you to feel in control of your time, work less, make more money, experience more peace and joy, and make the impact you want to make. Time blocking is here to help you live the life you want.