Scheduling Commitments Keeps You on Track
If someone made a commitment, pledge, or guarantee to you would you have an expectation of fulfillment? So if you want to accomplish something that you say is important to you, or even imperative, would you be willing to make a commitment that you’ll handle it how and when you say you will? Great!
In the last blog post we looked at scheduling priorities and thinking of them as commitments. You want to put these into whatever calendar system you use as if they are appointments. They have fixed time slots.
Now we all know that sometimes appointments need to be changed. Fine. Just make sure to reschedule in a timely fashion. I use Outlook and love that I can drag an email with a “to do” into a calendar space. Also that it’s easy to move an appointment to another day and time if necessary, or to schedule recurring appointments. And I always color code.
You can schedule tasks, too. It’s always helpful to think in terms of categories. An example would be driving home from a meeting you know you need to stop at the store and pick something up at the cleaners. Both are on the way. Note those in your schedule so you’ll remember, and always give yourself five or ten minutes more than you think you’ll need.
