Becoming More Efficient with Your Calendar, with Sue Hawkes

The holiday season is a time where you are supposed to feel joy and excitement about spending time with loved ones and going to special events. However, you may find yourself feeling overwhelmed with your meetings, deadlines, events, and all of the holiday parties you're juggling. It stops being fun and starts getting stressful. During this episode of the Intentional Greatness® podcast, Sue walks you through an activity to make your calendar more efficient, so that you can enjoy your time, rather than resent it.

What you'll learn about in this episode:

• How to become more efficient with your calendar during the holiday season
• Why you should schedule downtime every day to avoid resentment
• What activity you can do to create more white space in your calendar
• What questions you should ask yourself when examining your calendar
• How thinking long term and taking more time off allows you to become more successful
• Why you need to be thoughtful about how you spend your time and what works for you
• Why it's important to test what time of day you are at your best
• How examining the things that you procrastinate can help you understand what makes you happy

Resources:

• Chasing Perfection Book
• 2-Day Intentional Greatness® Immersive Experience: https://suehawkes.lpages.co/smart-start-2-day-8-31-21
• Website: https://www.sayyess.com/
• Books: https://www.sayyess.com/books/
• LinkedIn:
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/suehawkes/
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/suehawkesyess/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YESScoaching
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/SueHawkesYESS

Fighting Overwhelm

The holiday season is a time where you are supposed to feel joy and excitement about spending time with loved ones and going to special events. However, you may find yourself feeling overwhelmed with your meetings, deadlines, events, and all of the holiday parties you're juggling. It stops being fun and starts getting stressful. During this episode of the Intentional Greatness® podcast, Sue walks you through an activity to make your calendar more efficient, so that you can enjoy your time, rather than resent it.

Thinking Long Term

Take a look at your calendar and imagine what your ideal schedule would look like. What activities would you nurture? Which would you let go of? When planning your schedule, begin to think long-term. Plan your vacation first. It may not be as spontaneous as you'd like, but it forces you to take better care of yourself. If you make yourself a priority and take more time off you will likely become more successful.

Life Hacks

It's important to discover when you are at your best in life. Examine the areas in life that you procrastinate. They are usually the things that you don't love. Find a way to eliminate them, or delegate them to someone else. Test the time of day that you operate the best. Discover how many hours you need for optimal sleep. Hack your life by working and operating when and where you are most likely to be efficient.