Welcome to week 2!

[Sara Gottlieb-Cohen]

Week 2! Let’s do this. You’re one week closer to becoming a calendar Jedi. Let’s finish this week strong and show those calendars who’s really in charge. Hint, hint…it’s YOU.

Let us know…how’s it going so far?

What are you excited to try this week?

[Laurie Sciutti]

Hi @Sara Gottlieb-Cohen ~ I'm dedicating this week on focus blocks, which for anyone that knows me knows that this will be very difficult.  I tend to be very squirrelly which mostly benefits our Confluence and Jira users since they typically only need me to answer quick questions or point them in the right direction.  But blocking time to laser focus on certain things will definitely be challenging for me.  I have a few things that I've procrastinated because it will require this ultra focus, so I've committed to getting all 3 done this week (preferably by Thursday).  Wish me luck and thank you for the tips and guidance!!  

[Amanda Barber]

This is so relatable, @Laurie Sciutti!! I hope this works well for you. I've set aside some focus time tomorrow afternoon. Fingers crossed we both knock out some awesome work!

[Laurie Sciutti]

One focus task done!  Two to go!

[Sara Gottlieb-Cohen]

Good luck @Laurie Sciutti you've got this!

[Laurie Sciutti]

Well.....2 of the 3 tasks completed.  One of them took a bit longer than expected so my focus blocks were out of whack but overall this was definitely helpful!  Looking forward to continuing on with this.  Thank you!

[Andy Gladstone]

During last week I focused on creating the boxes on my calendar. It was not an easy feat, but made this week a better time management week. Having a calendar that defines how I intend to use blocks of time has helped me maintain more focus and productivity throughout the days. I am not using it as an absolute - I still accept requests from team members for meetings or conversations even if the content does not fit into the block - but it has helped me refocus when context switching occurs. 

I still have some evergreen space in the calendar and I am planning on iterating around the set up, but I am happy with the early results.