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How to make Monday less of a surprise?
sarah | Nov 4 2005
I've never been great with things like Monday morning meetings, appointments the day after vacation, birthdays on the first of the month... tasks that I need to flip a calendar page to see, or tasks that I think of as "next cycle." (Next week, next month, next project.) I tend to start my new cycle, get settled in a bit, then check the calendar and discover I've missed an appointment already. So far all my hedges against this still depend on me remembering and being good (look further ahead in the calendar, put "heads up" notes about appointments-at-risk in the tickler file, stick my fresh week's calendar in front of the breakfast cereal...). As much as possible I make appointments on Thursdays and the 10ths, but it turns out "as much as possible" is not that much. I just stood someone up (Saturday morning after being out of town), so I'm really ready for any ideas about systems, hacks or some more automated process. Any ideas, anyone? 4 Comments
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 In addition to the weekly...Submitted by crystallyn on November 13, 2005 - 7:17am.
In addition to the weekly review, I've found that what really helps me is to leave on Friday with an empty inbox. Everything is filed in the appropriate places--next action, waiting for, or to review. My to-do-list and calendar are sufficiently populated and that means my weekend is stress-free and when I come in on Monday I can give a cursory glance at my inbox to see what fires might have flared up on the West coast at the end of the day on Friday. The end result is less overwhelm and a full understanding of at least Monday but also most of the week ahead. Another trick that I have if I'm worried about missing anything is to write a short bulleted list down on Friday and stick it on my computer so its the first thing I see when I walk in on Monday. It has only the extra important things on it and it insures that I don't forget that I need to accomplish those tasks or see those people on that day. You could easily do this in lieu of a huge weekly review. » POSTED IN:
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