A trainer explains why to-do lists fail and shows how to use Google Calendar instead. Put everything on it: client sessions, workouts, meals, breaks. Live out of your calendar to actually stay organized.
If you are going to be a trainer, you need to live by your schedule. The way to use a scheduler is— people get confused with to-do lists. The reason why to-do lists don't work is they never get scheduled. So you use the to-do list in conjunction with your calendar. Professional, personal, you need to live out of your calendar. That's being organized, it's being productive. So you need to set up your Google Calendar on your computer and on your phone. The app should be accessible. Everything, your day-to-day, when you work out, when you see the client, when you're going to go get that haircut, when when you're going to eat your lunch, your dinner, and when you're going to have timeout, right? It should all be there.
