Is It in the Calendar? 🗓️

2024-06-25 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:27 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

In a Short, Ali says that often all it takes not to procrastinate is to know what you are doing and when: "I don't have time for the gym" usually means it is not in the calendar, so schedule it like a work appointment.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Is it in the calendar? Scheduling the workout

• ★ On a workout day Ali plans to work out straight after his next Zoom call; to the final question, whether it is in the calendar, he agrees and puts the workout in his calendar. — 00:00:00 · Zoom
• ★★★ Ali says that often all it takes for us not to procrastinate is to know what we are doing and when we are doing it, so put the task in the calendar. — 00:00:00 · time-blocking

• ★★★ When people say they have no time to go to the gym, Ali says the gym is just not in their calendar: if it is not scheduled it will not happen, so schedule it and treat it like a work appointment. — 00:00:00 · time-blocking

  “If it's not scheduled, it's not going to happen.”

• ★★ Ali estimates that just putting a task in the calendar solves about 50% of people's procrastination problems. — 00:00:00 · time-blocking

Threads in this video

• refine · How do you beat procrastination? — Ali says that often all it takes for us not to procrastinate is to know what we are doing and when we are doing it, so put the task in the calendar. (00:00:00)
• refine · Is lack of time a real reason not to do something? — When people say they have no time to go to the gym, Ali says the gym is just not in their calendar: if it is not scheduled it will not happen, so schedule it and treat it like a work appointment. (00:00:00)
• restate · Should you time-block your calendar? — Ali says that often all it takes for us not to procrastinate is to know what we are doing and when we are doing it, so put the task in the calendar. (00:00:00)
• refine · How do you exercise consistently and get in shape? — When people say they have no time to go to the gym, Ali says the gym is just not in their calendar: if it is not scheduled it will not happen, so schedule it and treat it like a work appointment. (00:00:00)

Mentioned

Central: time-blocking

Also: Zoom

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