A strict sleep schedule. | Blocking a time each month or week where you organize your bill payments and other unpleasant administrative tasks. |
Blocking general productive time on your calendar to avoid having your day completely booked with meetings. | Blocking limited time to process your text communications for the day such as emails and messages. |
Blocking time to sustain relationships with people such as relatives, friends or business connections. | Exercise and wellness time. |
Going to libraries, co-working spaces or a home office to work for a period of time without distractions. | Limiting an effort to a single meeting without extensions. |
Limiting screen time. | Limiting social media time. |
Limiting the amount of time that you will think about a problem. | Limiting time spent on entertainment such as streaming media. |
Limiting time spent on shopping. | Limiting video game time. |
Making a decision in a one hour time block. | Quality time. |
Routines such as taking time after work to cook a proper meal. | Social meals such as family dinners where members focus on each other without distraction. |
Strictly adhering to the schedule and agenda of a meeting. | Studying in two hour blocks without distraction. |
Time boxing problem solving whereby you limit your efforts to a period of time that can't be extended if the problem is still unsolved. Prevents a problem from completely draining your resources. | Training and development time. |
| Overview: Time Blocking | ||
Type | ||
Definition (1) | The practice of booking blocks of time to focus on a task, activity or objective. | |
Definition (2) | Allocating and limiting time for an task, activity or objective. | |
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