Update: Time Blocking System
Hello, everyone! After months, I could say that I really enjoyed using the “time blocking system”. But! It needs extra dose of discipline. For time blocking, I used the apps Accomplish [It is a to-do list app and a calendar(day view) in one], Google Calendar, and Sectograph {It’s a widget where you can see your agenda in a clock view or style). Okay, so during school days, it was really helpful and forces me to be productive because I can see that I have a lot on my plate, if I haven’t discovered this system i might have cram on.
I could almost say that it’s a success but summer vacay happened.
So I suddenly had a lot of free time and there’s almost nothing to do (which felt weird because as a medtech student, I got used to a lot of academic overload) except for house chores like sweeping the floor, mopping, washing the dishes, doing laundry, and some self-care deed like nail cares, and some routines.
I tried to time block these chores (mostly in the morning) but I ended up cramming the whole thing before evening gah! I kept on moving the chores to a later part of the day (just because I can) and binge watch on netflix. It lasted for two weeks! TWO WEEKS! And that’s when I said to myself I SHOULD STOP DOING THIS OR IT’S GONNA BE A HABIT and it’ll never be a good thing because, well, I’m a believer of the quote “We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. (John Dryden)” and I don’t want to spend a semester removing such a bad habit.
So I declared war to myself. “I’m gonna discipline you, self, whether you like it or not. I’m sorry for I will never be sorry because it's for your own good and you know it.”
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So here are the things I’ve done:
Problem: I found out that it’s not really working for me if I time block every chore, because I could see that my whole afternoon is vacant and I tend to reschedule my chores to afternoon. (Procrastinating)
I did not time block every chore I had, instead, I kept them on the to-do list part.
After doing the chore, I move it back to the calendar part of the app so I could keep track how much time I need for every chore so I could improve my scheduling accuracy.
I only scheduled the essentials or my goals for that day and stuck to it, or sometimes, I started doing it earlier than scheduled so I could have a head start and finish the goal ahead of time.
If a task popped up in my mind and I know I could do it quickly, I do it right away. (Yass, wastes more energy, but I’m trying to hone “discipline” so yeah).
I advanced my time settings to 17 and 19 mins ( too much, aye? That’s how tardy I am. Lol). (I intended to forget which has the advanced minutes between my phone and my watch so I wouldn’t really have a clue what was the time.)
Problem: Lack of discipline
I schedule my break times. ( yes, I gave myself break times. So I could motivate myself and look forward for the recesses I set). And it’s not a big chunk of hours, it’s like 40-90 minutes several times a day.
I made a distraction list
I restrained myself HARD from my distractions. Huhu
I am in bed by 8:30 doing nothing but calming my mind and let my body clock wake me by tomorrow (any time because I sleep for 5 hours minimum and 12 hours at the maximum, my brain shall dictate how long my body needs a rest teehee)
Because I wake up really early and there’s nothing to do in the morning, I do myself a favor and do some self-loving chores and some house chores or cook breakfast, whatever.
That’s all for this blog post. Hope this could help to anyone else. Make sure to practice self-discipline and self-awareness. Also being mindful helps too. Have a nice day!
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