Managing my calendar

I’ve been really struggling the last few weeks in managing my calendar. Prior to having a kid, I would usually just spend most of my day on calls and then suck it up in the evenings to catch-up on all the work to-do items.

Nowadays, I often don’t have the luxury of that evening time anymore as I need to put my kid to bed, get dinner ready, and then usually finish up with chores. Even with a nanny at home, having a kid effectively shortens my day anywhere between 2-3 hours that used to be reserved for catching up for work.

It’s been a hard transition for me and I’m now just starting to get around to making adjustments. This starts with managing my calendar a bit better. In this job, where my role is giving people money, everyone’s case is almost always urgent so my calendar fills up with calls quicker than I’d like.

There’s a simple fix here in blocking times out of my day to focus on work and not making any exceptions to those blocks. It’s the only way I can get real work done nowadays and unfortunately this may mean putting off calls to the next days or weeks. It’s not ideal, but it’s necessary for me to be able to do my job effectively. It’s definitely easier said and done though in practice, and I need to be more disciplined.