How I Plan Out my Week | Digital + Physical | Pt. 1
Hey! So today marks the first day online school start for me, which really isn’t much of a different since the coursers are self-paced.
For the past few weeks, the only thing that I have kept me feeling productive was planning. I absolutely love planing and it makes me feel like I am actually doing something.
I plan two ways, digitally and physically. I will show you how I plan digitally first and if you guys want me to show you how I plan physically, let me know! (by messaging me)
The program I use is Google Calendar! The program is free and completely on a website, no need to download. There is also an app for IOS and google play store.
1. Divide them up!
I have different calendars for each “section” of my life. Emily, birthdays, blogs, education, health, and reminders.
Emily: Doctors appointment, chores like laundry, reminding me to watch a movie, and a schedule to let me know who is in town and who I need to hang out with.
Birthdays: Pretty self explainable, birthdays of my family and friends.
Blogs: Reminders of when I need to upload a blog or post a new blog.
Education: My class schedule and reminders of due dates. I also like to put when I need to do my Coursera courses.
Health: When I need to workout, what kind of workouts, and time scheduled for reading.
Reminders: Basically a reminder for everything. Reminders fit into every section like a reminder for when a book’s due or when I need to start cancel a subscription.
2. Color code!
Color coding is so helpful if you want to see what your day is like. Make sure each color is different from another. What I mean by this is education can’t be mint green if health is light blue. The tone’s are very similar and your eyes will probably look over it.
3. Time Batching
Time batching is a technique for time management. It is where you group all the events related to a section. For example, in my day I have three things i need to do, school work, workout, go on a walk. Going on a walk and workout are related to health while school work is related to education.
time batching:
work on school work, workout, go on a walk.
not time batching:
workout, work on school work, go on a walk.
Time batching is very helpful because it allows you to focus on similar without having to switch to another task that is not related to your last one. This gives you more time to do the work and not waste it on catching up.
How to Use Google Calendar!
To create an event, press the plus button or c. In this you can edit the time and many more things.
You can add a description, choose what calendar you want it to be in, and add a notification time. For my workouts, I usually add the link of the workout and plan what I want to do for that workout.
To edit an event, click on the event you want to edit and click the pencil button or press e.
You can do many things on Google Calendar, just play around with it!
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