Planning my day

Every once in a while, I find myself getting caught up in the game of bouncing from one meeting to another and on to another, without any 'me' time between each one.

How often are we finding ourselves going from one meeting to another to a conference call with not enough time to even catch our breath.  There is a need to plan our meetings input/questions/agenda/results expected before we go in.  Some ideas would include:

• starting the meeting at 15 min past the hour or end it 10 minutes before the hour;
• keeping tight control of the time (i.e. not into the weeds too much);
• being ruthless to finish on time and if you don’t, then plan a time later to keep going;
• or breaking up the meeting agenda so that you have enough time to cover the first part and then finish the 2nd part at a later time.

I'm pushing myself to identify when this starts to creep in to my day-to-day plans.  Once I feel it, I recognize the need to plan a break time and push back on the demands.