{"id":53091,"date":"2012-05-03T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/?p=112"},"modified":"2012-05-03T03:00:53","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T08:00:53","slug":"calendar-triage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/calendar-triage\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Time for Calendar Triage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever feel like you are running out of bandwidth? I do. I am in one of those periods right now. The last several weeks have been crazy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/iStock_000008991871Small.jpg\" alt=\"A Jumbled Calendar -Photo courtesy of &copy;iStockphoto.com\/kutaytanir, Image #8991871\" title=\"iStock_000008991871Small.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"570\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My new book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/platform\" title=\"Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Platform<\/a><\/em>, is about to be published. My <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/product\/speaking\" title=\"My Speaking Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speaking calendar<\/a> is full for the next several weeks. And I have a daughter getting married at the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As a result, I feel like I am falling further and further behind, especially as I try to keep up with my e-mail load and meeting requests. Something has to go.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, I am planning to go through my calendar and engage in a little calendar triage. In case you are not familiar with it, triage is a battlefield term. Medics have to decide where to apply their limited resources. They can&rsquo;t help everyone.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/triage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dictionary.com<\/a>, &ldquo;triage&rdquo; is<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.&rdquo;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, some patients will survive without medical care. Some won&rsquo;t survive even if they have medical care. Triage means ignoring these two groups and focusing on those that will only survive with medical care.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to your calendar, it means you must know which things you can safely cancel or reschedule and which things demand your participation.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ve done this before and here&rsquo;s how it works:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Protect the basics.<\/strong> I will look at my current priorities and make sure I have allocated time for them in my schedule. I especially have to build-in time in <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/scheduling-time-in-the-alone-zone.html\" title=\"Post: &ldquo;Scheduling Time in the Alone Zone&rdquo;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the alone zone<\/a>, so that I have time to actually get my work done. I will schedule these as appointments. (This is particularly important as you get busier.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eliminate the non-essentials.<\/strong> Sometimes I make commitments that seem to be important when I schedule them. However, after further reflection, I realize that they aren&rsquo;t that important. So, to the extent possible, I am going to either cancel these meetings or see if I can handle them another way.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Re-schedule some of what remains.<\/strong> Some things are important, but they are not important <em>now.<\/em> I like to get things done as soon as possible, but this some times works against me. So, I plan to go through my calendar and see what can be postponed without significant consequences.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Hopefully, with a little planning, I can regain my equilibrium and carve out a little more margin for myself.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000033; font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:16px;\">Question: Do you need to do a little calendar triage, too? You can leave a comment by <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/calendar-triage.html#respond\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever feel like you are running out of bandwidth? Maybe it&rsquo;s time to take a hard look at your calendar and start cutting back on your commitments. Here&rsquo;s how.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[389,84,257,30,804,1179],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is It Time for You to Triage Your Calendar?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you ever feel like you are running out of bandwidth? Maybe it\u2019s time to take a hard look at your calendar and start cutting back on your commitments. 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