The Misunderstood Benefit of Radically Changing Your Schedule

Josh Spilker
2 min readJul 5, 2024
Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash

In the summer, my schedule radically changes.

I have 2 daughters and now they’re home from school.

Some days they’re at home.

Other days they’re at at an enrichment program.

One of them is going to a month-long dance camp across town.

I’m taking her there and it’s far enough away to where I have to change where I work and how I work.

My schedule is completely different.

I’m now commuting more than I have in a long time.

My schedule is now like a volcano — it was quiet and peaceful for awhile and it’s now it’s unhinged, actively spewing lava everywhere.

But there’s a benefit to all this, something I had forgotten.

The schedule change has forced me to focus.

It has made me think about what are the non-negotiables, and the things I’m willing to go without for a while.

It’s also made me think about how many projects I’m balancing.

I generally believe in the Small Bets philosophy — working through a lot of offerings and rotating through.

But it’s hard to keep all of them balanced.

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