how i schedule my hectic work days as a content creator

[00:00] what [ __ ] time is it i'm probably

[00:02] oh thank god

[00:05] yo what's going on guys so in this video

[00:07] i'm gonna share with you how i actually

[00:09] schedule and plan out my work days i'm a

[00:11] content creator i'm a youtuber i run a

[00:13] clothing brand if i don't organize my

[00:15] days myself they turn into an anxious

[00:18] puddle of endless tasks and i just

[00:21] i end up spending way too much time on

[00:23] my phone i spend time feeling anxious

[00:25] about what i should be doing this simple

[00:27] system of time blocking my work days has

[00:30] dramatically improved my productivity

[00:32] and my peace of mind so a lot of the

[00:34] things i'm going to share with you are

[00:36] heavily heavily inspired by this book

[00:38] called a deep work by cal newport i

[00:40] highly recommend this book if you

[00:42] struggle with going on your phone too

[00:44] much when you should be working if you

[00:45] struggle with unplugging from work at

[00:47] the end of the day if you struggle with

[00:49] work-life balance if you feel like

[00:50] you're not getting enough done this book

[00:52] is absolutely phenomenal so materials

[00:55] i'm personally using the full focus

[00:57] planner which actually kind of sets up

[00:59] this system for you a little bit already

[01:01] which is helpful but i did it just in a

[01:03] blank journal for a long long time so

[01:05] you know you don't have to ball out on

[01:06] the full focus planner but if you are

[01:08] interested i will leave a link at the

[01:10] top of the description and you know you

[01:11] could also use something like google

[01:14] calendar personally i like to physically

[01:16] write this sort of thing down i feel

[01:17] like it grounds it in my head more i

[01:19] don't know i i like physical things i

[01:21] like looking at holding my schedule i

[01:23] even like crossing it out when i need to

[01:25] change things it just feels good for me

[01:27] and let's just get right into it and i'm

[01:29] gonna walk you through how i will

[01:31] schedule my monday i'm gonna flip here

[01:33] to a new page the days end up getting

[01:35] out of line so i'll literally just to

[01:37] save paper cross out the day and write

[01:39] what day it actually is so essentially

[01:41] what this system is is you have your

[01:42] hours of the day listed on the left hand

[01:45] side and you literally just want to

[01:47] block in your entire schedule with the

[01:50] things that you have to do now starting

[01:51] on a blank page like this it can

[01:53] actually feel pretty overwhelming to get

[01:55] started and i do want to say like this

[01:57] is not the only tool that i use another

[02:00] extremely important one is my calendar

[02:02] over here and my calendar is actually

[02:05] what i need to look at to really get

[02:07] started and scheduling the nitty-gritty

[02:09] of my day because every time i have a an

[02:12] important deadline like when i need to

[02:14] post a youtube video or if a sponsorship

[02:16] is due or any appointments they'll be on

[02:18] my calendar already and that's gonna

[02:20] help me fill in my daily big three which

[02:23] is the three most important things that

[02:25] you wanna do that day i know off the top

[02:27] of my head that i wanna get started

[02:29] editing one of my youtube videos so i'm

[02:31] gonna write that here in number one

[02:34] second most important task for me to

[02:36] complete on monday is i'm working on a

[02:39] hat drop for my clothing brand and i

[02:41] want to take the next step of that

[02:42] process what i'm going to write here is

[02:44] next step aeroduck drop

[02:48] sometimes you don't always have like

[02:50] three seriously important work things to

[02:52] do it can also just be personal things

[02:54] an errand you need to get done an

[02:56] appointment you need to remember a

[02:58] meeting anything really you know just

[03:00] your three most important things you

[03:01] want to do that day so my third is going

[03:03] to be just that i want to do some sort

[03:05] of exercise in the morning let's do i

[03:07] think i want to hit the gym

[03:10] sometimes as i'm creating this schedule

[03:13] i start to get a little bit overwhelmed

[03:15] like oh i don't know exactly what i'm

[03:16] going to want to do when i wake up on

[03:18] monday like am i going to want to hit

[03:20] the gym am i going to want to skate

[03:22] just take a deep breath just write

[03:24] something down i've got my big three

[03:26] then you've got your other tasks

[03:28] anything else that you know you want to

[03:30] accomplish that day i actually have

[03:31] something scheduled on my content

[03:33] calendar right up there to post some

[03:34] instagram stories so i'm gonna write

[03:36] that right here

[03:39] and that's about all i can think of that

[03:41] i need to really get done on monday

[03:42] actually i think i should probably plan

[03:45] out my next main channel video so i'm

[03:47] gonna write that as another task here

[03:51] cool so now we have a framework of

[03:54] important tasks that we need to do

[03:56] throughout our day and now it's much

[03:57] easier to actually start scheduling

[03:59] times for these things if you have any

[04:01] like appointments put that in the time

[04:03] blocking system first no appointments

[04:05] today but i will kind of put an

[04:07] appointment in which is that morning gym

[04:09] session i'm gonna try to do 8 a.m to 9

[04:11] 00 am and you literally just draw a box

[04:14] and you write in what you have to do

[04:18] something i really really appreciate

[04:21] about this scheduling system is that it

[04:23] can really help you get on top of

[04:25] healthy habits and routines if you're

[04:27] not scheduling your days it's so easy to

[04:29] just decide that you're too overwhelmed

[04:31] and you don't have time to go to the gym

[04:33] but if you just literally draw that box

[04:35] and write the word gym inside of it you

[04:37] are tricking your brain into thinking

[04:39] it's something that you have to do and

[04:40] then you just work your schedule around

[04:42] it you fit everything in like puzzle

[04:44] pieces this system kind of makes you

[04:46] realize that you have more time than you

[04:47] think which is cool you know we only get

[04:49] so many hours in our lives you might as

[04:51] well make the most of them and another

[04:53] thing i like to do on that note is i

[04:55] like to draw a little hour box every

[04:58] morning at seven and i draw this little

[05:00] am bubble am refers to my morning

[05:03] routine so i've got this super simple

[05:05] morning routine i've got it tabbed right

[05:07] here make my bed meditate for 10 minutes

[05:10] make coffee eat breakfast review

[05:12] schedule simple personally if i wake up

[05:14] and i don't know what i'm supposed to be

[05:16] doing i feel really anxious and i'm much

[05:18] more likely to go on my phone and just

[05:20] scroll on social media so i love this it

[05:22] holds me accountable to healthy routines

[05:25] and makes me realize i have more time

[05:27] than i think

[05:28] okay and so here's something that i

[05:30] learned from deep work a couple of

[05:31] things actually one we have about four

[05:34] hours of intense focus on deep work

[05:37] tasks every single day and if you break

[05:39] that up into chunks you can really only

[05:41] focus intensely for 90 minutes at a time

[05:44] and your peak focus is in the morning so

[05:46] right after i go to the gym i'm gonna

[05:48] bang out one of my most important tasks

[05:51] which is to work on editing the danny

[05:53] vlog so i'm gonna schedule that in for

[05:55] 90 minutes and you can even just draw

[05:57] the number one if you don't want to

[05:58] write out the whole thing again what

[06:00] i'll actually do during this time block

[06:02] is set a 90 minute timer put my phone up

[06:04] so i could see the timer i will not

[06:06] touch my phone i'll focus on editing for

[06:08] that entire block of time and just

[06:10] having the box here kind of helps my

[06:12] brain really dive into that task and get

[06:15] that 90 minutes of deep work in okay so

[06:18] next up i'm gonna schedule some time to

[06:20] work on social media so as a youtuber

[06:23] and content creator and even for my

[06:25] clothing brand pretty much everything i

[06:27] do does tie into social media so

[06:30] nowadays i actually schedule in social

[06:32] media time and this is [ __ ] important

[06:35] because if i don't schedule in social

[06:37] media time i'll always have it in the

[06:39] back of my head that all maybe i should

[06:41] be posting on instagram should i be

[06:43] responding to comments you schedule that

[06:45] in and just dive into your phone during

[06:47] those scheduled hours it makes it less

[06:49] likely that you're going to be tempted

[06:50] to pull out your phone and do social

[06:52] media or check your email while you're

[06:54] supposed to be doing another test i'm

[06:56] literally going to box in an hour here

[06:58] to do ig stories email and i'll just

[07:01] write etc because maybe i'll maybe some

[07:03] other social media task will pop in my

[07:05] head and you'll notice that i just use

[07:06] this blue pen i've kind of picked a

[07:08] color if there's no blue strip in the

[07:10] box i really try to keep my phone thrown

[07:13] on the other side of the room because

[07:15] it's just going to distract me and as

[07:17] you're writing out this schedule you

[07:18] kind of just want to like literally

[07:19] visualize what it's going to feel like

[07:21] i'm going to be hungry

[07:23] so i'm going to schedule in an hour for

[07:25] lunch before we go on to actually

[07:27] schedule the rest of the day i want to

[07:28] talk about what i write on the other

[07:30] side of the page so i have three main

[07:32] sections and these are super important

[07:35] for keeping anxiety at bay if you're

[07:38] like me as you're doing your tasks maybe

[07:40] you've been editing for 30 minutes

[07:42] something will just pop in your head and

[07:44] you'll be like oh [ __ ] like i need to do

[07:45] that by tomorrow i have three sections

[07:47] here i write a tomorrow list here is

[07:50] where i'll write anything that pops in

[07:52] my head that i have to do tomorrow so if

[07:54] i'm editing and i'm like oh [ __ ] i told

[07:56] my friend i'd drive him to the airport

[07:57] tomorrow random example but i'll just

[07:59] put it there and then the act of writing

[08:01] it down takes the anxiety and feelings

[08:04] of being overwhelmed away when you make

[08:06] your schedule for the following day

[08:08] first thing you're gonna do is consult

[08:09] your tomorrow list i also have a section

[08:12] for

[08:13] later so these are things that pop in my

[08:15] head that are not urgent but they still

[08:17] pop in my head and i probably want to do

[08:18] them this week or next week whatever

[08:20] i'll put them in the later section and

[08:22] then just for any other thought or idea

[08:24] that pops in my head i'll just have a

[08:26] running idea list so anything that pops

[08:29] in my head that's not necessarily a task

[08:31] that needs to be done tomorrow or later

[08:33] maybe it's a mindset literally anything

[08:35] i just put it right here so this you

[08:37] know this kind of creates this like and

[08:39] it closes the loops in your head that

[08:41] make you overwhelmed that distract you

[08:43] from the important things that you need

[08:45] to do just kind of visualizing what i'm

[08:47] going to feel like doing after lunch i

[08:48] think i probably want to work on

[08:50] aeroscape code because it's relatively

[08:51] chill and i'm going to schedule an hour

[08:53] and a half it's got to be enough to get

[08:55] that all done and this i'm just going to

[08:57] draw in my aeroscape logo and then again

[08:59] visualizing my day i think i'm going to

[09:01] want to take a break let's just take a

[09:02] [ __ ] break for 30 minutes and i'm

[09:05] going to let myself and scroll on tick

[09:07] tock so i'm just gonna draw a little

[09:08] blue line there so i know that i am free

[09:11] to go on my phone during that break and

[09:12] that's gonna be nice and refreshing you

[09:14] know so if you buy the idea that you

[09:16] only have four hours of intense focus on

[09:18] work tasks per day i already have a

[09:21] clean 90 minutes editing and 90 minutes

[09:23] focusing on arrow skaco so i've only got

[09:26] an hour left and with that hour i'm

[09:28] gonna plan out my main channel video and

[09:30] you know i've got little symbols i write

[09:32] out to make it more fun okay and that

[09:34] brings us to 3 30. we've got an hour and

[09:37] a half left in the workday if i stick to

[09:39] this schedule i'll be done with all the

[09:42] important things that i have to do so

[09:43] let's do an hour where i don't know

[09:45] exactly what i'm doing let's say over

[09:48] here i write some ideas of what i could

[09:50] do during that time i could freaking do

[09:52] some yoga hit some freaking yogis i

[09:54] could do social media stuff that

[09:55] actually reminds me i've got these

[09:57] letters here that i do need to bring to

[09:59] 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