The 3 Types of Schedulers
In my experience, there are 3 types of “schedulers” — people who use schedules in some form.
There’s The Super Scheduler. That’s the person who fills up every moment of their schedule with specific tasks to do at specific times. I find that this type of person emerges when their calendar is susceptible to being commandeered with meetings created by others and that whatever time they have left over needs to be meticulously allocated. There’s nothing inherently wrong with The Super Scheduler, but they run the risk of dealing with anxiety when they aren’t able to accomplish everything they set out to do during those specific times. If that happens too often, they have a nagging feeling of being behind more often. That’s not good.
The second type of scheduler is The Slight Scheduler. This person only uses their schedule for meetings and appointments, saving tasks for their to do list only. They follow the rules set out in such methodologies as Getting Things Done, where the schedule is only meant for date and time specific dealings. There’s nothing inherently wrong with being The Slight Scheduler as long as they do an exceptional job of keeping their calendar and to do list balanced. They need to keep on top of their to do list and have a good sense of knowing how much time and energy it’ll take to get tasks done. But The Slight Scheduler has less of a framework to work with…
