Raul’s 6 Tips to Manage Yourself as a Project: Schedule Your Plans To The Very Minute
One of the reasons why I can manage myself so well, in addition to having 2 interns for my social media life, and amazing collaborators for my academic, consulting and research lives is to schedule my plans to the very minute. That means that, if I agree to meet with you for 15 minutes, it is 15 minutes and no more.
With non-paying, volunteer events, I am even more strict. If you ask me to “pick my brain for a few minutes”, all you probably will get is 5 minutes of a quick phone chat. Given how scarce my time is, and how (in spite of working super fast, at the speed of a hummingbird) I work 15-16 hour days, I block everything, including time for myself. I schedule time to eat, time to have a break and go for ice cream, time for my personal life and my friends.
The first priority in my schedule is my own well-being, as defined as spending time with JT, exercising, eating well and taking breaks. The second is my research, teaching, consulting time. And of course, in those my students take a high precedence. And the third is anything social media related. But I always share my calendar with special people in my life, and with my interns so they know when I am available (or not).
Google Calendar is one of the best tools I’ve ever found and I hope you find this tip useful too.
