A Retroactive Google Calendar

If keeping a calendar stresses you out, it might be worth keeping a retroactive calendar. Don’t put any events in before they happen, if that makes you feel tied down. Instead, each time you change tasks, simply stretch a block of time into your Google calendar and notate what you did. 

I have come up with a few key color codes to understand how I spent my time over the course of a week. Green is personal time, blue is working time, yellow is networking time, and orange is pitching time. I’ll be honest. This week wasn’t outrageously busy for me. Do you know how I know that? There was a lot of green time blocks. 

Many people resist using a google calendar to manage their days. But what they don’t realize is that people like me (who put everything in a calendar) are mostly doing it retroactively. Sure, I’ll schedule a call using my calendar, or put a block of time to work on a project, but I’m not married to the things I schedule. They often change, which helps me avoid the feeling of being tied down. It’s simply a great tool to understand how my time has been spent, and how I can better spend it in the future. 

Time, as they say, is the only non-renewable resource. Let’s maximize it.