I use time blocking in Google Calendar to schedule my day; I’ve reclaimed hours of focus time

I’m guilty of treating my calendar as a passive tool. More often than not, I enter my meetings, and that’s it. Sometimes, I use it for reminders or to-dos.

Anything else in my daily schedule stays in my head. So, even though my days are busy, I’m not as productive or efficient as I could be.

I often ended up in the evenings wondering where the time went. To fix my problem, I started using a feature built into Google Calendar: Time blocking.

All it took to take back control of my day was using my calendar to plan my activities in time blocks.

It’s streamlined my workday and made my expectations more realistic. But most importantly, it’s helped me stay on top of my schedule.