Ask HN: How do you schedule your day/week?

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by pknerd • 15 years ago

11 1 15 years ago

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I am interested to know the community how do you divide your day into various chunks to cover spending time with family,working on your product,9-5 jobs and other things?

ALBsharah• 15 years ago

I don't actually schedule anything, but I've got a number of things to juggle. Thankfully, I've got a wife who runs her own business and understands the rigors of being a bootstrapped startup-er.

That said, I'm more goal-oriented than calendar-oriented. I try to set weekly goals, and chunk them down into daily goals. Each day, I'll set one must-do goal per "thing" that I'm involved in (startup, consulting, family, life). If I manage to get other stuff squeezed in, that's a bonus.

This way I don't restrict myself to only spending time with family between 6-8pm...I do it whenever I want and get the rest done when appropriate. Obviously some items (consulting) may require more strict calendaring, but you can flex around that.

For me, a hard time-based schedule is not going to make me more productive...it has the opposite effect on me. So, I'm lucky enough that I can work things in a way that work for me best.

Cheers, AL

Ask HN: How do you schedule your day/week?

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