![]() ![]() The implication is that you’re probably going to eat during those times, but now it’s up to you when you want to do it, and for how long. Now they’re markers, not commands to eat or take a break. ![]() Keeping Jason’s comment in mind, I left the “break” times colored orange, but marked them as midday and evening instead. For more structured environments (9-5 workplaces, schools), I can develop different forms.Ĭhanged terminology for breaks: Several people pointed out that they take breaks at different times. That was my original intent, but for a general-purpose planner sheet it’s more appropriate to lift that restriction. ![]() Not only does this give us a bit more writing space, but it finally frees the ETP from the tyranny of starting tasks at a certain time. You can use the C, D, and E bubbles for those shorter tasks as before, but for longer tasks use the AB strip. Taking these two observations into account, I’ve made the following adjustments: This was not something I had considered specifically in the original design, but it came along for free because lunch and dinner create temporal landmarks in the day, creating natural boundaries between “morning work” and “afternoon work”. What I liked about Jason’s comment was the insight that yes, people’s breaks tend to vary (a point made by many others), but the additional insight was that the timebox design makes it easy to see where in the day you were. Without them, it’d be difficult to immediately go to a certain time. I’d say almost certainly remove them, as people’s lunch times and lengths will vary, but I think they also provide a useful visual cue to find yourself in the day. Also, as I start at 7am, the lunch “breaks” in the day planner don’t align to any real break in my day – I just mark in a half-hour block when I take my lunch. This comment from Jason Langenauer is the one that broke the mental logjam (emphasis mine): This concept of boxes is also key in The Resource Tracker/Scheduler: once you can chunk tasks into standard sizes, it’s easier to “pack” days looking forward without screwing yourself.Īlthough this past timebox work was the foundation of the ETP, I’ve slowly come to realize that it is a separate product. It was specifically designed to force myself to plan in boxes of time so I could maintain a “regular” schedule. The original restriction behind timeboxes is from an older form, Menu of the Day. One of the best planning tools I've found so far is something called the Emergent Task Planner™ from "Investigative Designer" Dave Seah.I hadn’t originally planned on making these additional tweaks, but all the excellent feedback had me revisiting the time boxing to take different schedules into account. And maybe that's the whole point, really: something different. ![]() Usually, you have to conform to whatever its layout is.Īs a result of my research, I've stumbled upon several other resources which, granted, also have their own templates but at least they look different. This is to be expected with just about any planner, though. In other words, everything's set already and I can't tweak anything. I'm close to the end of my current Passion Planner, and while I believe it's still one of the best planners out there, I feel a bit constricted that I'm stuck with a pre-defined template which isn't flexible. That being said, I've been on the hunt for productivity planners and planner sheets like crazy for the past couple weeks. As you know from reading either this blog or my SMART FOCUS books, I love writing my goals in planners, on my SMART and FOCUS Goals sheets, or just about any scrap of paper I can get my hands on. December is normally when I reflect on the remainder of the current year and focus on what I want out of next year. ![]()
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