Deep Work Schedule
Protects focus blocks by naming what they displace, because a block defended against nothing collapses within a fortnight.
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Running it, start to finish
- Work out how many hours and in what block length you actually need.
- Name what each block displaces before putting it in the calendar.
- Send the availability message so the block has a commitment attached.
What you get back
The output this produces, every time.
- Names what every block displaces, which is the debt that otherwise gets paid by cancelling it.
- Gives colleagues a commitment alongside the unavailability, which is what makes it acceptable.
- Defines the genuine exception in advance, since in the moment everything feels urgent.
Getting better results
Where this usually goes wrong, and how to avoid it.
- Protect your peak hours. Most people spend their best hours on email because it arrives first, then do hard work when depleted.
- Decide the task the day before. A block that starts with choosing what to work on loses its first twenty minutes, which is most of the warm-up.
- Reschedule in the same week. A cancelled block with no new slot has been deleted, and the schedule erodes one concession at a time.
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