Failed Experiment: A Weekly Pre-set Schedule

A couple of months ago I wrote about creating a schedule for myself like a student’s schedule at college. The idea was to dedicate 30 minutes of time each week to one of my important but not urgent priorities and strategies for the year.

This did not work.

Here is what my pre-set schedule looked like:

Do Things Daily

The first thing I learned from this experiment is that a daily routine works really well. I didn’t miss the morning blog post. I didn’t skip the writing time or the Daily Review...