The Time Block Planner
Cal Newport's daily planner that supports productivity and focus
Cal Newport is a Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. He has written various books around focus and productivity, including Deep Work. You can find out more about him and his work here.
His time block planner is a daily planner that allows you to fill out a time block grid with a preliminary plan that "gives every minute a job", supporting productivity and focus
His time block planner is a daily planner that allows you to fill out a time block grid with a preliminary plan that "gives every minute a job", supporting productivity and focus
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A Daily Method for Deep Work in a Distracted World. Most knowledge workers spend their day reacting to messages...Creating constant distraction, making it impossible to think clearly. Generating persistent feelings of anxiety and overload. Impeding progress on the deep efforts that really matter. Making it seem like your work is never done, thwarting attempts to relax or recharge. The Time-Block Planner is easy to use. Each day you fill out a time block grid with a preliminary plan that gives every minute a job. If you get knocked off this schedule, you simply update it the next time you get a chance. Next to the grid is a collection page on which you can quickly capture tasks and notes to process later so that you don’t have to disrupt your current time block. And that’s all there is to it! (The Timeblockplanner website, Feb 2025)
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