Plan for
the Week First,
Then for the Day
There are many in the time management field who suggest, plan for the week, then review
tasks at the beginning of the day as opposed to just creating a daily tasks list. The
advantage of the weekly view is you have more perspective. You can schedule personal as
well as business priorities at a time when you are not in “the heat of battle”.
If you only schedule a day at a time, you are likely to be driven only by what is urgent
rather than what is important. If you make time for nonurgent yet important items, in the
long run you will have fewer fires to put out.
ON THE H/PC:
Fortunately,week-at-a-time planning is easy on the Handheld PC. Open Calendar and tap
on the Week button on the top bar. From the View menu you can change the screen to 1/2
hour or hour appointments and display 5 or 7-day week views. The hourly view will let you
see the whole day. The 1/2 hour view will let you see more detail.
Plan out your whole week on Monday morning (or Sunday evening), making sure you cover
all priorities, personal and business. Consult your Task list if you need to. The
advantage of this approach is that you can allocate chunks of time at the beginning of the
week to work on long-term goals — “work on the business,” not in it. If an
emergency comes up, you should immediately reschedule these important appointments with
yourself. |
