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Should you time-block your calendar?

Putting tasks into calendar blocks and how much of the day to block.

Axis: block everything, even the gym and social plans … keep the calendar for appointments only

Answers by date: 1 record in 1 source, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. shift and revise mean the advice changed; tension — speakers disagree.

date who answer source
2020-10-01 Kharma Medic shift: In his first year Kharma Medic told a friend who scheduled even her socialising into her calendar that she was crazy to micromanage her time; now he does the same and says he has gone 180 on it. What's on my iPhone - Favourite iPhone Apps ft. @KharmaMedic 00:02:50

Timeline notes

  • Kharma Medic: first recorded event is shift (earlier stance may be outside 2016–2024 or unrecorded)