Some days, the world seems intent on sabotaging your timeboxed calendar.
A meeting goes longer than expected. The daycare center calls to say that your child is ill and has to be picked up ASAP. A project you thought would take an hour to complete instead took three.
Before you know it, the end of the day arrives, and you’ve barely given time to the tasks you had wanted to do.
You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: Scheduling for Life’s Surprises: When Timeboxing is Toast: https://www.nirandfar.com/scheduling-for-surprises/
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