How to use a calendar to reduce stress and get things done

Dr. Blevins talks about how she uses a planner to decrease busy-ness stress. Many of us create never ending to-do lists. Just looking at them can increase our stress. Today Dr. Blevins discusses a special planner, the bullet journal, and how she uses it to train herself to better understand how long it takes her to do common tasks and how to let go of a perfectionistic mindset. What is a bullet journal? With time, the bullet journal creates a mindfulness practice around your day and how you spend your time. Dr. Blevins spends time focusing on how she incorporates a couple of her values into the organization of her bullet journal, and how this makes her time more meaningful. The day stops being about busy work and starts being about living.

Resources mentioned in today's video: https://learnsmarterpodcast.com/category/executive-function-series/ https://bulletjournal.com/pages/learn