faith_king•1mo agoMost Upvoted

Had a coworker talk me into a different layout after 2 years of the same thing

I've been using the same monthly log format since 2021 - just a simple list with a calendar on the side. Then my coworker Jenna showed me her vertical weekly layout last Tuesday during lunch and I kinda laughed it off at first. But she explained how she uses it to track both tasks and time blocks, and she showed me her spread from March where she fit 3 projects, a dentist appointment, and a weekend trip all in one page. I tried it this week and honestly, the time blocking part is what got me - I never realized how much I was losing to context switching until I saw it laid out that way. Has anyone else switched layouts after years of the same thing and found it changed how you use your journal?

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jake9861mo ago

Funny how a simple layout swap can expose a blind spot you didn't know you had. That time blocking insight is the kind of thing that makes you wonder what else you're missing by sticking to the same routine.

grantw321mo ago

See I gotta push back on this a little bit. Changing things up all the time can mess with your momentum and make it hard to actually get anything done. I tried switching my whole workflow around last month and it took me like two weeks to even find a rhythm again. Sometimes having that same boring routine is what keeps you from forgetting stuff or falling behind on the things that actually matter.

wesley1811mo ago

January is when I finally moved my calendar from a vertical list to a horizontal weekly view. Time blocking actually made sense after that. Grant has a point about momentum though. I think the trick is changing just one small thing at a time, not overhauling everything at once.