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Case Study: How to achieve work-life balance that is real & sustainable

I hear time and time again that work-life balance isn’t real or possible to achieve.

And I totally get that. As a multi-passionate/dimensional human…having time for everything that’s important to us isn’t easy in the society we live in.

While I won’t get into society’s failings here, I will say that there are many things we can do as individuals to make the juggling act easier for ourselves.

In this blog post, one of my clients Talon will delve into what helped them achieve work-life balance. Hint: It’s not another hack.

Rather than temporary solutions, we explored the ratio of work, rest and play that makes them the happiest, what types of play and rest are the best, the type of work and social environments that enable them to thrive and give more, and so much more.

Together, we uncovered how to best spend their time to be well and accomplish everything they need and want as a full-time and part-time jobber, creative, partner, and cat parent.

We made work-life balance real, and sustainable.


Tell us who you are and what you do.

Talon Tuong. Property manager & accountant, fantasy writer, mixed media artist, tarot reader, and cat parent

What was your life like before time coaching with me?

I reached out to Becca at the end of October. I had hit another burnout moment because I had overfilled my calendar yet again, and one more stressor was the hay that broke this camel's back.

I was overwhelmed with too many great opportunities and friends, and feeling guilty about declining any of them. Because I should be grateful for all I have, right?

I wanted to maintain good friendships. I wanted time to grow as an artist, take care of my house and cats, go on dates, and rejuvenate in solitude.

I work full-time plus part-time. I had no idea how to do it all or how to say No. I was starting to resent friends and invitations especially living in Los Angeles where things are happening all the time.

I felt like I was reacting to everything, and things stopped feeling fun. I started trying to say No, and I felt grief over being too tired to pursue certain opportunities, and while some friends were supportive, others felt threatened that I would spend less time with them.

I knew I couldn't handle it alone, so I started looking for time management coaches because I was feeling mad and conflicted about my calendar. I felt stuffy and agitated all the time.

What did you love about working together?

I discovered my guiding values, and I was surprised to find that they applied to literally everything in my life.

I opened up to Becca about every new challenge that came up in my life, I'd do the prompts she gave me, and as she'd listen to me process my experiences, she mirrored how all my hopes and fears led back to the same core values. Even when I thought it was a new situation, new problem, new people, new area of life. It all came back to Authenticity, Ease and Sharing My Joy.

I want to stay true to my values, always. And I want things to stay easeful. I want to rest. I want to work from a place of excitement and strength. I don't want to struggle and strain. I want to share what's true to me and find those who resonate with it, and nothing less.

Becca's ability to synthesize and cut to the heart of all my rambling thoughts is her superpower! When I would get into overthinking, she helped me come home to things I already said! And through experiencing the powerful way she listened to me and mirrored me, I learned to enjoy listening to myself and others more deeply than ever.

What has happened in your life or business since we worked together?

The stars aligned because I went through it all with Becca! I had holidays, got sick, needed to help my parents, fought with friends, job creep happened. Everything that could uproot all my perfect calendar plans happened. I was especially fixated on my relationships, whether to be on social media, and my creative calling.

By the time we were done, I had strengthened my boundaries and emotional regulation toolkit for when stress hit any random day or week. I no longer feel derailed when chaos happens. I just deepen into self-care first.

I was able to shift my intention for creativity so that I express myself as an extension of whatever self-care I need that week, instead of trying to push myself to come up with things to create on top of what I'm already doing.

I improved my relationships by creating more time for myself to rest and center so that I could fully show up as my best self for people.

At first, I feared that in order to make more time for creativity, I needed more solitary time than people time and that it would be a huge shift for the people in my life. I'm a people pleaser! Horrifying! But it turns out I needed more rest. I didn't have to choose between social and solo opportunities. By choosing rest, I was able to show up more fully for both.

I finished more paintings, wrote more, joined a book club, and I did all of it from a place of easygoing joy instead of panicked juggling.

Artist block and social resentment went away because I made more space to do nothing and feel zero pressure.

By giving myself more time to do nothing, to not have any obligations, it gave me the room to approach my active moments more gratefully and energetically. I did have to do a lot less than I was doing before. I do have to see people less often. I absolutely had to find a metric of success beyond an online presence. Now, I get more things done that matter to me with greater joy because I feel rested enough to gravitate towards what gives me meaning.

I'm spending time with people who are uplifting and uplifted when we're together, instead of seeing people because they "need" me to show up x number of times to be considered a true friend.

Right now, I'm experiencing job creep, and I still feel centered because I prioritize sustainable balanced work, rest and play. I am not about nonstop productivity or nonstop emotional labor. If it's not sustainable, it's not for me, and I will forge a new path creatively like I always do.

What do you think made those things (listed above) possible?

What helped me shift most was seeing myself as a whole person. I'm not just my passion or my role at work or to my loved ones. I'm also my health, my basic needs, my home, my sense of safety, my need to experiment and make mistakes and explore, my work ethic, a cat person. All of me needs care.

If I need to cut back on one area of my life, it's not because I'm failing. It's because I'm taking care of multiple parts of me.

I figured out the ratio of work, rest and play that make me happiest.

I figured out what types of play and rest do the most for me.

I figured out the type of work and social environments that enable me to thrive and give more.

I learned to trust the practice that when I'm relaxed and rested, I have so much more effortless energy than when I'm trying too hard. It felt really counterintuitive, as I'm so used to anxiously doing the most.

To know that I can be loved and enough by doing less is my healing journey.

The people who believe in overworking and overgiving are not going to come with me into my easefully abundant future.

What would you say to someone thinking about working with Becca?

Becca completely raised the bar for me of what to expect from a coach.

There are many life coaches out there who aren't going to fit you because they are selling you their results and their methods. If you want their life, then it's perfect. But what if you don't know what you want or if your desires keep changing from where you started? What if you don't know what methods will work for your unique brain and lifestyle? What if you want to do many things, in a world that keeps telling you to pick one habit and do it for 2 minutes daily? How does that add up to being a sustainably multipassionate person!

I love that Becca isn't trying to help me manage my time to be a creative spiritual entrepreneur. She helped me take care of my whole self so I can handle my many passions and stressors in a way that's more realistic to my life and personality.

And her approach isn't some mysteriously paywalled method. She takes the time to deeply hear your heart's aim and your rhythms, and to make your calendar match your truth and your everchanging reality. I think in this hectic world, it is a radical act to take the time to truly know ourselves. She'll give you that time.

Experience and enjoy balance in your own life.

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Why a holistic approach to time management is so powerful

Feel like you're constantly running on a hamster wheel, with time slipping away faster than you can catch up?

Are you struggling to juggle all of your responsibilities, while also trying to make time for the things that matter most to you?

If so, I hear you. And you’re not alone.

In our world which is full of distractions and pressures, being intentional with your time is more important than ever.

But traditional approaches to time management fall short.

A holistic approach to time management offers a powerful solution.

Rather than focusing solely on productivity and efficiency, a holistic approach considers all aspects of your life and creates a more sustainable and balanced approach to managing your time.

In this post, we'll explore what a holistic approach to time management is and why it actually works.

If you're ready to feel like yourself and live your life the way you want to, keep reading!


What is a holistic approach to time management?

A holistic approach to time management goes beyond simply organizing tasks and schedules.

This radical way of managing time explores the interconnectedness of all the areas of life such as work, relationships, environment, finances, and your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

It recognizes that time is a precious and limited resource. It aims to help you make conscious, intentional decisions about how you spend your time to experience a greater sense of purpose, satisfaction, and overall well-being.

At the core of holistic time management is you. Your values, your priorities, and long-term vision.

It believes that when you are well, everything else is easier. Much easier.

Because of this, a holistic approach to time management is inherently anti-capitalist.

When you spend your time in a way that prioritizes enoughness, fulfillment, and wellness, you are challenging the dominant, capitalist narratives around time and productivity.

Holistic time management helps you resist the societal pressure to work longer hours and prioritize work/doing/productivity above all else. It helps you reclaim your life and live the way you want to.

My application of holistic time management also acknowledges that time is not only an individual problem or solution, it’s a collective one. How we’re able to spend our time is directly connected to the systems we live in and the privileges and support we have.

What happens when you don’t use a holistic approach to time management

Time management was founded by a fellow engineer, Frederick Winslow Taylor (the author of The Principles of Scientific Management published in 1911).

The goal of traditional time management? Optimizing productivity and efficiency to complete as many tasks as possible in the shortest amount of time, with the hope that if you get everything done, you can rest and relax.

The problem with this thinking? Work and to-dos never end.

Traditional time management does not take into account individual rhythms and needs and ignores the beautiful, magical, intuitive, and unpredictable-ness of life.

Trying to manage our time in a capitalist and extractive way leaves us feeling shame, failure, isolation, guilt, unrealistic expectations, falling behind, stress, exhaustion, overwhelm, and burnout.

It’s no wonder we’re exhausted, we’re still using many of his (and other neurotypical, middle-class, white male) principles.

Time management with a holistic approach actually works

A holistic approach to time management actually works because it recognizes and honors the fact that you are a unique and whole, human being.

And it emphasizes self-knowledge, mindfulness, compassion, trust, and intuition.

If you have trauma, a chronic illness, are neurodivergent, or are simply a human who doesn’t want to live exhausted on autopilot, holistic time management is here for you.

It’s about more than just checking off tasks on a to-do list.

It's about identifying and crafting an easeful life around your values and priorities. It also acknowledges and addresses the societal factors and deeper beliefs that cause you to feel overwhelmed, stressed out, or short on time.

Holistic time management will give you the skills, mindsets, and tools you need to finally have time for everything that’s important to you, including space to rest, have fun, and enjoy your days.

A holistic approach to time management allows you to engage with a life beyond being a cog in the machine.

You get to accomplish your goals while experiencing a life full of peace and freedom.

You get to be the person you want to be.

To create the art and beauty you want to see in the world.

And to experience more ease and joy than you’ve ever felt.

What’s more important than that?

Hire me as your time coach to create time for everything that’s important to you, including space to rest, have fun, and enjoy your life!

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Calendar Management: Why your intuition is more important than you think

 

What happens when we spend hours creating a plan and schedule that would work in an ideal world but doesn’t hold up with life’s unexpected twists and turns?

Many of my clients end up getting overwhelmed, sitting in indecision, and sometimes even giving up on planning altogether. This leads to lots of frustration, disappointment, and time wasted.

If this is you, I see you. 

Many factors can throw off our carefully planned schedules, and it’s difficult to navigate these obstacles with confidence. 

When it comes to creating adaptable and flexible plans (that don’t feel like a prison), your intuition is so important.

Your digital calendar is one of the best places to plan with and practice trusting your intuition.

In this post, I’ll guide you through how to identify your intuition, why it’s so hard to listen to, the benefits of using your intuition in your calendar management, and give you helpful tangible examples.


What is your intuition?

To me, my experience of intuition is simply a gut response to a decision, big or small, without necessarily having logical reasoning for it. Intuition can show up as a physical sensation, imagery, synchronicities, patterns, and more.

Curious about all the ways your intuition might be showing up? Check out Bustle’s 14 signs your intuition is speaking to you.

Also, personally, human design has also really helped me tap into my intuition. As a manifesting generator, I have a sacral (or gut) yes or no response to external stimuli and decisions.

However, at the end of the day, your experience of your intuition is what matters most.

What is YOUR experience of your intuition? How does it show up for you? Comment below and let me know!

Why is it so difficult to listen to your intuition?

For many reasons. The 3 biggest that I see are:

  1. It’s almost impossible to tap into your intuition when you’re tired, overwhelmed, anxious, stressed out, in your head, or busy. If you’re often in these states… that’s your answer.

  2. We confuse fear, critical, or “should” voice as intuition. (My intuition shows up as neutral, calm, and clear.)

  3. Intuition isn’t often honored as an important business or time management skill/strategy in our culture. Even though 85% of CEOs in this one study confirmed that intuition was central to their decision-making process

We all have intuition, whether we realize it or not.

The more we understand it, the more we can apply it to better our lives.

The massive benefits of listening to your intuition

Honestly, the benefits of listening to yourself reach far and wide. But when it comes down to it, you get days that add up to a life more beautiful than you could ever imagine.

Listening to your intuition allows you to live a life true to you.

What’s better than that?

My clients, and I, often feel like we need proof to trust more. If you’re like us… I can confidently say you already have proof!

Ask yourself, “What’s happened in the past when I’ve listened to my gut?”

Ease, flow, peace, accomplishment, success, abundance. For me?

  • Changing my offerings in my business, then selling them out.

  • Choosing to become a digital nomad and experiencing more peace and freedom than ever before.

  • Being super tired, putting my work down, opening Netflix for a brain break, and watching an episode that gave me tons of ideas allowing me to return and accomplish what I was doing way faster and easier.

What’s happened in the past when you HAVEN’T?

Frustration, guilt, resentment, suffering, pain, delays, and spending loads of time and energy overthinking and NOT making a decision.

Some more personal examples:

  • Forcing myself to do a workshop with someone, spending a month marketing, and having to cancel it because of the low attention and excitement it received.

  • Attempting to be a morning person and work out first thing, always being miserable when I do it and when I don’t guilt-trip myself.

  • Not deciding what to do with my day so just go along with whatever comes up in my inbox, and ending the day feeling like I did nothing.

How do I use my intuition in my digital calendar?

Now you know what intuition is, how it shows up for you, and how important it is to listen to it.

Unfortunately, time management or calendar management advice rarely recommends you listen to your intuition.

The typical advice is to time block your whole day or week to the minute and perfectly stick to it. Then, if you can’t then something is wrong with you.

Good thing I’m not your average time management coach!

I know it’s nearly impossible to perfectly stick to your schedule every day, all day, AND be happy. I wouldn’t even want to anymore.

So, let’s start with what calendar management even is.

What even is calendar management?

Calendar management is the process of prioritizing your time and managing your life through the use of a calendar(1).

I use my digital calendar to organize and manage everything in my business and life. It’s basically my personal assistant, and it’s free!

Linking calendar management and your intuition

You can use your intuition when you’re creating a daily or weekly to-do list and/or schedule.

You can also flex your intuition throughout the day and week by moving time blocks around when you feel like doing the thing.

Tangible examples of intuitive calendar management

  • Asking yourself how your schedule feels to you.

  • Leaving gaps to move around tasks when you feel like doing them.

  • Dragging and moving time blocks/containers around without guilt.

  • Using language that feels good to you when naming events.

  • Putting tasks when you’re most energized, creative, and excited.

  • Scheduling time to work on goals and dreams that are deeply important to you in your calendar so they finally happen!

Ask yourself, “What it would look like to use my intuition more in my calendar?”

When you use your intuition in your calendar, you can…

  • Trust and listen to yourself more, leading to more peace and fulfillment.

  • Make decisions that will give you the freedom you want.

  • Have more energy, be more productive (in the good way), and be happy with yourself and how you spent your time.

Your intuition is the most important, yet underrated, time and life management skill out there.

Now you know how crucial it is…

 

Intuitive scheduling and time blocking? Yes, please!

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4 Mindsets to heal for a more supportive digital calendar experience

 

You’re done feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and unmotivated. You want to feel organized, clear, and like the badass that you are. Yep, I’ve said it… you’re a bad ass.

If you’ve been following along with the digital calendar for humans series, you know by now your digital calendar can be a magical tool to support you in creating the life you want.

The problem? Everything we’ve been taught about how to use our digital calendars. We’ve been told that we have to consistently follow it perfectly 100% of the time.

In this blog post, I’ll be sharing why your mindset impacts your digital calendar and the four most common mindsets that need to be healed if you want to have a more supportive experience with it.

By healing these four harmful mindsets, you can use your digital calendar to work, and stress, less and live more.

So, take a deep breath and keep reading.


Why your digital calendar mindset matters, a lot

A mindset is a mental attitude or set of beliefs that impact how you think, feel, and behave. An individual’s mindset is formed by a variety of factors, such as personal experiences, cultural and social influences, and education.

How does your mindset impact your digital calendar? It can be the thing that makes or break it.

For example, if you believe your digital calendar is an amazing, magical tool that can change your life, you’re most likely going to use it. The opposite is also true. If you don’t think it’ll work for you or how important it is, you’re not going to use it nor will you get the benefits.

If you’re committed to using your digital calendar in a flexible, open, and experimental way, it’s going to help you achieve the level of freedom you want. Yep, the opposite is true here too. If you’re committed to using it the same way you’ve been taught (aka rigidity and perfectionism), you’re likely to say it feels like a prison and you won’t use it.

The good news is, mindsets are not fixed and can be changed or developed over time through intentional effort and practice. By cultivating a supportive mindset you can improve how you spend your time, your well-being, your relationships, and your success.

Four digital calendar mindsets to consider healing

“It didn’t work for me in the past”

If you’ve been saying this, it’s most likely because you’ve tried to use your digital calendar before and it didn’t help you in the way you wanted it to. You still felt overwhelmed or scattered. It felt rigid and controlling. You have a completely valid point, it didn’t work for you with the skills and tools you knew at the time.

However, there are many, many different ways to use your digital calendar and settings to help customize it for your brain, life, and priorities. Maybe you didn’t know how to best use it for you at the time, but I know there is a way to make your digital calendar work and feel good to you.

An alternative mindset to integrate moving forward: “I can find a way to make my digital calendar work for me. Healing overwhelm, overworking, and exhaustion (for real) is worth it.”

“I suck at it*”

*Your digital calendar, time management, and/or organization.

My friend, no you don’t. This belief commonly stems from how we’re taught to use our digital calendar in a certain way. One that is all about hyper-optimization efficiency and is rigid and inflexible. But if you’re here at The Holistic Time Coach, it’s because traditional time management has burned you in some way in the past.

So, I want to validate you. Yes, the way you’ve been taught to use your digital calendar sucks. Not you. Time management and organization are challenging.

I wanted a slow, intentional, spontaneous, flexible, and freedom-focused life. And I’ve found a way to use my digital calendar to create that kind of life for myself. This goes for you if you’re neurodivergent, rebellious, creative, or an overwhelmed entrepreneur and/or parent too. You can find a way to make your digital calendar NOT suck.

An alternative mindset to integrate moving forward: “I have beautiful skills and talents, and can integrate them into my digital calendar.”

“I have to follow it perfectly”

Ok, this is the most common misunderstanding when it comes to digital calendars. Many people come in with huge expectations for themselves and spend hours planning their entire day, or week, in their digital calendars with said expectations as the foundation. Then, when life inevitably comes up and derails their plan, they throw the entire thing out the window.

The point of your digital calendar isn’t to follow it perfectly. To me, the point is being proactive and intentional with my time and my digital calendar helps me stay focused and flexible as I work towards my goals.

Striving to create a plan that doesn’t move or change, or not creating one at all, is what sets us up for failure. When you’re committed to using your digital calendar in an intuitive way, it’s going to help you plan more realistically and execute your plans with much more ease and peace.

An alternative mindset to integrate moving forward: “I am committed to my fluidity, imperfect humanity, and what’s most important to me.”

“It’s just a digital calendar”

Nope, it’s not just a digital calendar! Well, I guess it is but it’s so much more than what we think it is. You can do anything you want to do by being intentional with and protecting your time, energy, and focus using your digital calendar.

You can heal “never enough time" with your calendar. You can start celebrating yourself. You can make more time for yourself and your dreams. You can work less and have more time for the things you love. It can help you be more mentally and physically well. You can make more money. You can divest from hustle culture. You can rest more. For a lack of a better phrase, your digital calendar can literally change your life.

When you believe your digital calendar is a magical tool, you’re most likely going to use it which is when you’ll get all of the amazing benefits.

An alternative mindset to integrate moving forward: “My digital calendar is a supportive, loving tool to help me do the things I want to do and be the person I want to be.”

 
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7 Magical Google Calendar Settings For Intentional Planning

 

Planning and living intentionally is about understanding what is most important to you and living it out. It's about making conscious, deliberate choices and taking purposeful action to create the life you want.

As a tool designed to support your daily life and help you stay organized, Google Calendar can play a significant role in helping you plan and live more intentionally.

With its advanced settings and features, you can easily create a flexible schedule, set reminders and appointments, and stay on top of your daily tasks.

By leaning into Google Calendar's many settings, you can help make this process a bit easier, giving yourself the support and structure you need to stay focused on what matters most.

If you're hoping to get things done with less stress, simplify your life, or simply live a more fulfilling existence, consider taking some time to learn the many settings that Google Calendar can offer you.

With a thoughtful and intentional approach, you can use this FREE tool to help you plan and realize the beautiful life you want.


7 magical Google Calendar settings & features

There are so many things you can do with a digital calendar. However, if not all, of my clients (yes, even my fellow Type-A organizers!!) don’t realize just how many settings and features Google Calendar has to offer.

After identifying and customizing the settings and features that would help them manage their time, they were able to dramatically simplify their planning process and witness focus-motivation-clarity-and-energy magic unfold before their eyes.

The same is available to you if you put in the upfront resources to set it up properly!

1. Time Zones

As a digital nomad, managing time zones is key. I have clients from California all the way to Singapore, and I host and attend workshops across the globe.

But you don’t have to be traveling around the world to need to manage time zones. With remote work, online classes, and more, time zones are non-negotiable to manage.

Using the time zone settings in your calendar will help you more easily manage and guarantee that your plans are accurate and consistent across different locations.

Say goodbye to confusion, missed appointments, and other scheduling errors, Google Calendar is here to help!

Note: Google Calendar has three different places to customize time zone settings, so you’ll want to make sure to enable the right ones for you, your event, and your business or workplace.

 

These are all my subcalendars, that change as my goals change!

2. Sub-calendars

Sub-calendars are individual calendars within your main Google Calendar account. They’re beneficial for intentional planning because they help you keep different aspects of your life organized and separate from each other.

Separate calendars for each of the hats you wear will allow you to more easily color-code events with the option to toggle them on and off, helping you get a clearer view of each area of your life and prioritize your tasks, time, and attention accordingly.

Also, sub-calendars can be shared with others, which can be particularly useful for intentional planning in a collaborative setting.

Your goals, responsibilities, and lifestyle determine how many sub-calendars are best for you. As a time coach, I help you figure out if you want to use sub-calendars and if so, how many are right for you.


3. Integrating with other tools

Google Calendar can be integrated with many apps, including Google Tasks, Google Keep, and Gmail helping you to keep track of your appointments, deadlines, and to-do lists, all in one place. If you’re tech-savvy, you can even automate certain tasks and streamline your workflow.

Don’t forget you can also sync and access your digital calendar with your phone, tablet, and computer so you can use it on the go! Personally, I have my calendar synced between my computer and phone and integrated with my Notion (where I manage my projects and tasks) and Gmail.

 
 


Calendar-wide notifications

4. Custom notifications

Google Calendar notifications are important for intentional planning because they help keep you on track and focused.

You can use reminders lovingly remind you about upcoming important events or appointments, helping you prepare and show up ready and present.

You can also avoid getting sidetracked by less important tasks and focus your attention on what's most important to you using notification settings.

If you struggle with procrastinating or being on time, calendar-wide or event-specific notifications are here to support you. If you already know you’ll need help implementing the right calendar settings to streamline your schedule, book a free, no-commitment exploration call with me today!

5. Shared Calendars

 
 

As a business owner and coach, I’m constantly on Zoom calls with clients and collaborators. Something that always frustrated my husband was I forget to tell him I had to be on a call (aka when he needed to go away and be quiet), so I shared a digital calendar with him so he’d know when I was taking a call.

Also, I’m a digital nomad so I constantly move countries and have to manage travel. My husband and I have a collaborative travel calendar that helps you keep track of our planes, trains, BnB’s, and reservations.

Shared calendars have been an amazing tool for intentional planning and living and for better communication and connection with my husband.

 

6. Description boxes

The description box in Google Calendar is a feature I see being under-utilized all the time. If you love to plan but love flexibility and freedom, the description box is an amazing feature.

The description box is here to help you keep track of any important notes that go with an event or task.

On top of the description box being a feature that helps you to stay organized, you can add here reminders, affirmations, sub-tasks, or any other important notes to stay intentional and give yourself more freedom and choices.

A Google Calendar is one of the best planning tools I’ve found to help my creative and rebellious peeps be flexible and organized!

Check out Dr. Caroline Addigton’s story of how our work together helped her realize time management doesn’t have to be rigid.


7. Customizing your visual settings

I’m a big visual learner, my brain doesn’t process something well unless I can see it, read it, or touch it. That goes for time too, hence why my google calendar is key to living intentionally.

Personalizing the way your calendar looks makes it easier to use, more effective as a time management tool, and more motivating to stay on track with your goals

Lucky for you there are a lot of settings to help you make your calendar more visually appealing. Some favorites are:

  • You can choose custom colors for the events and background, making it easier to quickly identify and distinguish different types of events.

  • You can also choose the display options that work best for you, such as the type of view (day, week, month, or agenda) and the start time of your day.

  • You can tell it to start your week on a Saturday, Sunday, or Monday (my weeks start on a Monday!) If you love that feeling of checking a to-do off their list, Google Calendar has a “reduce the brightness of past events” setting for you.

Determining which settings are helpful for your brain is what I help my clients do!

 

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