[0:00] what [ __ ] time is it i'm probably
[0:02] oh thank god
[0:05] yo what's going on guys so in this video
[0:07] i'm gonna share with you how i actually
[0:09] schedule and plan out my work days i'm a
[0:11] content creator i'm a youtuber i run a
[0:13] clothing brand if i don't organize my
[0:15] days myself they turn into an anxious
[0:18] puddle of endless tasks and i just
[0:21] i end up spending way too much time on
[0:23] my phone i spend time feeling anxious
[0:25] about what i should be doing this simple
[0:27] system of time blocking my work days has
[0:30] dramatically improved my productivity
[0:32] and my peace of mind so a lot of the
[0:34] things i'm going to share with you are
[0:36] heavily heavily inspired by this book
[0:38] called a deep work by cal newport i
[0:40] highly recommend this book if you
[0:42] struggle with going on your phone too
[0:44] much when you should be working if you
[0:45] struggle with unplugging from work at
[0:47] the end of the day if you struggle with
[0:49] work-life balance if you feel like
[0:50] you're not getting enough done this book
[0:52] is absolutely phenomenal so materials
[0:55] i'm personally using the full focus
[0:57] planner which actually kind of sets up
[0:59] this system for you a little bit already
[1:01] which is helpful but i did it just in a
[1:03] blank journal for a long long time so
[1:05] you know you don't have to ball out on
[1:06] the full focus planner but if you are
[1:08] interested i will leave a link at the
[1:10] top of the description and you know you
[1:11] could also use something like google
[1:14] calendar personally i like to physically
[1:16] write this sort of thing down i feel
[1:17] like it grounds it in my head more i
[1:19] don't know i i like physical things i
[1:21] like looking at holding my schedule i
[1:23] even like crossing it out when i need to
[1:25] change things it just feels good for me
[1:27] and let's just get right into it and i'm
[1:29] gonna walk you through how i will
[1:31] schedule my monday i'm gonna flip here
[1:33] to a new page the days end up getting
[1:35] out of line so i'll literally just to
[1:37] save paper cross out the day and write
[1:39] what day it actually is so essentially
[1:41] what this system is is you have your
[1:42] hours of the day listed on the left hand
[1:45] side and you literally just want to
[1:47] block in your entire schedule with the
[1:50] things that you have to do now starting
[1:51] on a blank page like this it can
[1:53] actually feel pretty overwhelming to get
[1:55] started and i do want to say like this
[1:57] is not the only tool that i use another
[2:00] extremely important one is my calendar
[2:02] over here and my calendar is actually
[2:05] what i need to look at to really get
[2:07] started and scheduling the nitty-gritty
[2:09] of my day because every time i have a an
[2:12] important deadline like when i need to
[2:14] post a youtube video or if a sponsorship
[2:16] is due or any appointments they'll be on
[2:18] my calendar already and that's gonna
[2:20] help me fill in my daily big three which
[2:23] is the three most important things that
[2:25] you wanna do that day i know off the top
[2:27] of my head that i wanna get started
[2:29] editing one of my youtube videos so i'm
[2:31] gonna write that here in number one
[2:34] second most important task for me to
[2:36] complete on monday is i'm working on a
[2:39] hat drop for my clothing brand and i
[2:41] want to take the next step of that
[2:42] process what i'm going to write here is
[2:44] next step aeroduck drop
[2:48] sometimes you don't always have like
[2:50] three seriously important work things to
[2:52] do it can also just be personal things
[2:54] an errand you need to get done an
[2:56] appointment you need to remember a
[2:58] meeting anything really you know just
[3:00] your three most important things you
[3:01] want to do that day so my third is going
[3:03] to be just that i want to do some sort
[3:05] of exercise in the morning let's do i
[3:07] think i want to hit the gym
[3:10] sometimes as i'm creating this schedule
[3:13] i start to get a little bit overwhelmed
[3:15] like oh i don't know exactly what i'm
[3:16] going to want to do when i wake up on
[3:18] monday like am i going to want to hit
[3:20] the gym am i going to want to skate
[3:22] just take a deep breath just write
[3:24] something down i've got my big three
[3:26] then you've got your other tasks
[3:28] anything else that you know you want to
[3:30] accomplish that day i actually have
[3:31] something scheduled on my content
[3:33] calendar right up there to post some
[3:34] instagram stories so i'm gonna write
[3:36] that right here
[3:39] and that's about all i can think of that
[3:41] i need to really get done on monday
[3:42] actually i think i should probably plan
[3:45] out my next main channel video so i'm
[3:47] gonna write that as another task here
[3:51] cool so now we have a framework of
[3:54] important tasks that we need to do
[3:56] throughout our day and now it's much
[3:57] easier to actually start scheduling
[3:59] times for these things if you have any
[4:01] like appointments put that in the time
[4:03] blocking system first no appointments
[4:05] today but i will kind of put an
[4:07] appointment in which is that morning gym
[4:09] session i'm gonna try to do 8 a.m to 9
[4:11] 00 am and you literally just draw a box
[4:14] and you write in what you have to do
[4:18] something i really really appreciate
[4:21] about this scheduling system is that it
[4:23] can really help you get on top of
[4:25] healthy habits and routines if you're
[4:27] not scheduling your days it's so easy to
[4:29] just decide that you're too overwhelmed
[4:31] and you don't have time to go to the gym
[4:33] but if you just literally draw that box
[4:35] and write the word gym inside of it you
[4:37] are tricking your brain into thinking
[4:39] it's something that you have to do and
[4:40] then you just work your schedule around
[4:42] it you fit everything in like puzzle
[4:44] pieces this system kind of makes you
[4:46] realize that you have more time than you
[4:47] think which is cool you know we only get
[4:49] so many hours in our lives you might as
[4:51] well make the most of them and another
[4:53] thing i like to do on that note is i
[4:55] like to draw a little hour box every
[4:58] morning at seven and i draw this little
[5:00] am bubble am refers to my morning
[5:03] routine so i've got this super simple
[5:05] morning routine i've got it tabbed right
[5:07] here make my bed meditate for 10 minutes
[5:10] make coffee eat breakfast review
[5:12] schedule simple personally if i wake up
[5:14] and i don't know what i'm supposed to be
[5:16] doing i feel really anxious and i'm much
[5:18] more likely to go on my phone and just
[5:20] scroll on social media so i love this it
[5:22] holds me accountable to healthy routines
[5:25] and makes me realize i have more time
[5:27] than i think
[5:28] okay and so here's something that i
[5:30] learned from deep work a couple of
[5:31] things actually one we have about four
[5:34] hours of intense focus on deep work
[5:37] tasks every single day and if you break
[5:39] that up into chunks you can really only
[5:41] focus intensely for 90 minutes at a time
[5:44] and your peak focus is in the morning so
[5:46] right after i go to the gym i'm gonna
[5:48] bang out one of my most important tasks
[5:51] which is to work on editing the danny
[5:53] vlog so i'm gonna schedule that in for
[5:55] 90 minutes and you can even just draw
[5:57] the number one if you don't want to
[5:58] write out the whole thing again what
[6:00] i'll actually do during this time block
[6:02] is set a 90 minute timer put my phone up
[6:04] so i could see the timer i will not
[6:06] touch my phone i'll focus on editing for
[6:08] that entire block of time and just
[6:10] having the box here kind of helps my
[6:12] brain really dive into that task and get
[6:15] that 90 minutes of deep work in okay so
[6:18] next up i'm gonna schedule some time to
[6:20] work on social media so as a youtuber
[6:23] and content creator and even for my
[6:25] clothing brand pretty much everything i
[6:27] do does tie into social media so
[6:30] nowadays i actually schedule in social
[6:32] media time and this is [ __ ] important
[6:35] because if i don't schedule in social
[6:37] media time i'll always have it in the
[6:39] back of my head that all maybe i should
[6:41] be posting on instagram should i be
[6:43] responding to comments you schedule that
[6:45] in and just dive into your phone during
[6:47] those scheduled hours it makes it less
[6:49] likely that you're going to be tempted
[6:50] to pull out your phone and do social
[6:52] media or check your email while you're
[6:54] supposed to be doing another test i'm
[6:56] literally going to box in an hour here
[6:58] to do ig stories email and i'll just
[7:01] write etc because maybe i'll maybe some
[7:03] other social media task will pop in my
[7:05] head and you'll notice that i just use
[7:06] this blue pen i've kind of picked a
[7:08] color if there's no blue strip in the
[7:10] box i really try to keep my phone thrown
[7:13] on the other side of the room because
[7:15] it's just going to distract me and as
[7:17] you're writing out this schedule you
[7:18] kind of just want to like literally
[7:19] visualize what it's going to feel like
[7:21] i'm going to be hungry
[7:23] so i'm going to schedule in an hour for
[7:25] lunch before we go on to actually
[7:27] schedule the rest of the day i want to
[7:28] talk about what i write on the other
[7:30] side of the page so i have three main
[7:32] sections and these are super important
[7:35] for keeping anxiety at bay if you're
[7:38] like me as you're doing your tasks maybe
[7:40] you've been editing for 30 minutes
[7:42] something will just pop in your head and
[7:44] you'll be like oh [ __ ] like i need to do
[7:45] that by tomorrow i have three sections
[7:47] here i write a tomorrow list here is
[7:50] where i'll write anything that pops in
[7:52] my head that i have to do tomorrow so if
[7:54] i'm editing and i'm like oh [ __ ] i told
[7:56] my friend i'd drive him to the airport
[7:57] tomorrow random example but i'll just
[7:59] put it there and then the act of writing
[8:01] it down takes the anxiety and feelings
[8:04] of being overwhelmed away when you make
[8:06] your schedule for the following day
[8:08] first thing you're gonna do is consult
[8:09] your tomorrow list i also have a section
[8:12] for
[8:13] later so these are things that pop in my
[8:15] head that are not urgent but they still
[8:17] pop in my head and i probably want to do
[8:18] them this week or next week whatever
[8:20] i'll put them in the later section and
[8:22] then just for any other thought or idea
[8:24] that pops in my head i'll just have a
[8:26] running idea list so anything that pops
[8:29] in my head that's not necessarily a task
[8:31] that needs to be done tomorrow or later
[8:33] maybe it's a mindset literally anything
[8:35] i just put it right here so this you
[8:37] know this kind of creates this like and
[8:39] it closes the loops in your head that
[8:41] make you overwhelmed that distract you
[8:43] from the important things that you need
[8:45] to do just kind of visualizing what i'm
[8:47] going to feel like doing after lunch i
[8:48] think i probably want to work on
[8:50] aeroscape code because it's relatively
[8:51] chill and i'm going to schedule an hour
[8:53] and a half it's got to be enough to get
[8:55] that all done and this i'm just going to
[8:57] draw in my aeroscape logo and then again
[8:59] visualizing my day i think i'm going to
[9:01] want to take a break let's just take a
[9:02] [ __ ] break for 30 minutes and i'm
[9:05] going to let myself and scroll on tick
[9:07] tock so i'm just gonna draw a little
[9:08] blue line there so i know that i am free
[9:11] to go on my phone during that break and
[9:12] that's gonna be nice and refreshing you
[9:14] know so if you buy the idea that you
[9:16] only have four hours of intense focus on
[9:18] work tasks per day i already have a
[9:21] clean 90 minutes editing and 90 minutes
[9:23] focusing on arrow skaco so i've only got
[9:26] an hour left and with that hour i'm
[9:28] gonna plan out my main channel video and
[9:30] you know i've got little symbols i write
[9:32] out to make it more fun okay and that
[9:34] brings us to 3 30. we've got an hour and
[9:37] a half left in the workday if i stick to
[9:39] this schedule i'll be done with all the
[9:42] important things that i have to do so
[9:43] let's do an hour where i don't know
[9:45] exactly what i'm doing let's say over
[9:48] here i write some ideas of what i could
[9:50] do during that time i could freaking do
[9:52] some yoga hit some freaking yogis i
[9:54] could do social media stuff that
[9:55] actually reminds me i've got these
[9:57] letters here that i do need to bring to
[9:59] the mailbox so i'm actually going to
[10:00] write that in and i'll just pop it over
[10:02] here so you can see how this system
[10:04] starts to work your brain starts to go
[10:06] through the things you need to do and
[10:07] you literally fill in your time like a
[10:09] puzzle to get it all done and what's
[10:11] cool about this is by 4 30 you'll think
[10:13] about that day that's the load of stuff
[10:16] that i just did and i packed in a
[10:17] workout at the gym that's amazing and
[10:19] every day this is important for the last
[10:21] 30 minutes you want to do your shut down
[10:23] routine this is another thing i learned
[10:25] in deep work this is mainly going to
[10:28] involve scheduling your next day so
[10:30] we're gonna do the process that i just
[10:32] did on this video and you're gonna
[10:34] schedule your next day you're gonna look
[10:35] at your tomorrow list you're gonna look
[10:37] at your calendar you see how this all
[10:39] just flows into each other it closes the
[10:42] loops and then you can freely close your
[10:44] notebook close your laptop and then go
[10:47] live your freaking personal life this is
[10:49] a phenomenal way to achieve a real
[10:52] healthy work-life balance and it applies
[10:54] to weekends too after a full week of
[10:57] using this system
[10:59] you're getting lit that weekend
[11:01] just you know try things make this
[11:03] system your own i really believe in this
[11:05] really beautiful system that i highly
[11:07] recommend you check out if i inspired
[11:09] you if i spurred any thoughts leave a
[11:12] like leave a comment let me know what
[11:13] you think i appreciate the support and
[11:15] i'm gonna get on with my day wish you
[11:16] guys the best let me know if you have
[11:18] any questions and i'll catch you next
[11:19] time peace