Time hack: color-code your calendar

Time is the one thing we all have the same amount of, and the one thing that will determine whether you will accomplish your goals or not.

I spend, ironically, a lot of time thinking about and managing my time. I, like most people, am pulled in a million different directions, and it’s easy to lose track of where I’m spending my time and if I’m moving things forward that are important to me.

One of the things I do to help me evaluate whether or not I’m effectively managing my time is color-coding my calendar. I have the following categories with a corresponding color:

• Purple: family and personal (like running, etc.)
• Blue: Dragon Army time (in the office, meeting with the team, etc.)
• Green: time with clients and partners
• Pink: doing good
• Yellow: random

Every item on my calendar is color-coded according to these buckets. If there’s too much yellow in a week, I know I’m not spending enough time in the right areas. Over the course of a month, if there’s not enough pink, I know I’m not spending enough of my time doing good in the community.

What about you? What are some of your favorite time management hacks?