She blocks her calendar for client calls but keeps other time flexible to match her energy. On Fridays in summer, she and her teacher husband completely disconnect for outdoor dates like hiking or lake trips. Protecting that day cuts decision fatigue and keeps work from bleeding into everything.
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You need enough structure to create predictability and reduce decision fatigue, but enough flexibility to accommodate your changing energy levels, interests, and life experiences. So, for example, I know that I have certain times in my calendar that are blocked out for client calls, and then I have other times blocked off of my calendar where it is more fluid time. And every Friday in The summer, my husband and I, we call them Freedom Fridays. We disappear. Fridays are just off limits. No go. Do not work on Fridays. That's because my husband's a teacher and he's off all summer. And so we've decided to make one day a week a date day. So we go and head out to the— well, usually we head out to the lake, but anywhere there's water, or we go hiking or whatever. We do some beautiful outdoorsy kinds of things on Fridays.