147. Things to Calendar for an Ever-Different Schedule (e.g., shift work)
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The Bright Method Podcast: Realistic Time Management and Productivity for Working Women & Working Moms
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What is the Bright Method and why might shift workers think it won’t work for them?
Welcome to the Bright Method Podcast, where we'll discuss practical time management strategies designed for the professional working woman. I'm Kelly Nolan, a former patent litigator who now works with women to set up the bright method in their lives. The Bright Method is a realistic time management system that helps you manage it all personally and professionally. Let's get you fallen asleep proud of what you got done today and calm about what's on tap tomorrow. Alright, let's dig in. Hey hey, and welcome back. All right. Today's topic is somewhat niche, but I really do think that you will get something out of this, even if you, you know, don't think this sounds like you, which is fair. It's pretty niche.
My goal is that it gets your wheels turning on maybe something totally different, but there there's something here. There's something here that I think might be useful. And so just give it a listen. I don't think it'll be a long one. And also if you do get something out of it that's really unrelated to what we're talking about, but it just sparks an idea for you, let me know. Because I love to hear about that stuff. Okay. Today I want to talk about shift workers, whether that is you or it's your partner. In my life, my husband is a ER physician. And so every week, every day looks really different for us because of the ever different schedules that he works, which has a ripple effect on me, you know, just like, you know, when I do pickups and drop offs and all that kind of stuff in the way that's that we're gonna talk about.
So definitely listen if you're in that boat, whether you or your partner work ever different shifts. And also share this with someone who's in that boat. If it's not you, or even if it is you. If it's you, you probably have many friends in the same boat. So feel free to share with them. The biggest thing here is that I worry that I sometimes scare people away. who really could benefit from the bright method because I talk about repetitive things that we do in our life and calendaring those. And I worry that by talking about those things, I'm scaring away the very people who could benefit from this system the most. And that's because for those people, and also as I s as I mentioned, I think for everybody, I would say that it's augmented and like, you know, exaggerated for those people, um, shift workers or their partners.
But this does have an impact on everyone, is that things don't happen at the same time every day. So when someone who knows that about their life hears about the bright method and hears me talk too generally, blaming myself here, about repetitive things and repeating things in your calendar and that kind of stuff, they think, oh, this approach won't apply to me.
How does Kelly describe the impact of her husband’s ER shift schedule on their family life?
But what I really want you to hear is same, the same in my life. These things aren't happening at the exact same time every day. My husband's schedule and its impact on my schedule means that every day looks different over here too. And what I wanna tease out today is how the Bright Method helps me manage all of that because I truly do not know how I would manage our weird life without the Bright Method. So today I want to talk about ways to reframe the Bright Method through an ever different schedule lens that might help you see why that is the case for me. And how it could give you a whole lot more clarity and less stress. So the first thing I wanna talk about is those invisible to-dos that I talk about calendaring all the time, the showering and getting ready, bed and bath time, prepping meals, all that kind of stuff.
What I want you to do is not think of those as things that we, you know, engrave in time and have to do during those times and every day we must eat dinner at six PM and blah blah blah. What I want you to think about is yes, we calendar those things on a repeating basis, but they are just default building blocks that move around. For example, as I just mentioned, I calendared on a repeating basis from now until the end of time, that I shower and get ready at a certain period of time, when I work out, when I do certain work-related tasks, when I drop off kids, when I pick them up, and so on.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the Bright Method and why might shift workers think it won’t work for them?
0:02–2:37
2
How does Kelly describe the impact of her husband’s ER shift schedule on their family life?
2:37–5:36
3
What are the “invisible to‑dos” Kelly calendars and how can they be adapted for ever‑changing schedules?
5:36–7:49
4
Which specific calendar blocks does Kelly add when she receives a new shift schedule?
7:49–11:07
5
How does Kelly use her calendar to coordinate childcare, sitter time, and weekend downtime?
11:07–12:58
6
Why does Kelly prefer manual calendar adjustments over AI, and what benefits does she see?
12:58–14:43
7
How can listeners get started with the Bright Method or the free 3‑day program?
14:43–15:28
8
What practical steps does Kelly recommend for anyone with an ever‑different schedule?
15:28–15:46
Speakers
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