How Do You Include Non-Work Activities Into Your Workday?

00:00:05.200 | We have a question here from Patrick.

00:00:06.800 | Patrick asks, how would you approach including non-work activities into my workday?

00:00:16.000 | Well, if it's during the actual hours of your workday, so after your time block plan begins,

00:00:23.900 | but before you do your shutdown ritual for the day, you just time block it.

00:00:28.400 | You just time block it like any other thing you would do.

00:00:31.600 | In fact, time blocking it allows you to find the best times for scheduling this non-work related activity.

00:00:38.300 | You have some control over where that's going to fall, so it's not just happening randomly.

00:00:41.600 | You're more likely to get more of it done.

00:00:43.300 | I do this, for example, with exercising and for sure with book reading,

00:00:48.300 | where I'll just block off a time for book reading.

00:00:50.300 | The other thing you can do is just shut your days down earlier on some days.

00:00:55.600 | So I can end my day at 3.30, full schedule shutdown complete, 3.30 to 5.30,

00:00:59.700 | I'm doing my leisure activity I'm really into.

00:01:02.100 | That's a great period.

00:01:02.900 | I love that end of the day period where other people are working, but you're done

00:01:06.100 | because you're organized and you're in control, and you can end that day early without it being a crisis

00:01:12.100 | because you've controlled all of your time, you've controlled your weeks,

00:01:14.300 | you've controlled your semester plans, and so you might try doing that as well.

00:01:17.600 | But just time block that like anything else.