Comments on: Creating an Annual Time Block

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:04:00 +0000

Love this post! Great idea! Unfortunately, when I download the Excel document and recalculate the date to 2012, the leap year throws the entire layout off. Any ideas? I am using Excel on Mac, btw.

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By: Daren Sirbough

Daren Sirbough — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:35:00 +0000

I’ve filed this excel spreadsheet and will begin working on it on the 2nd of January 2012.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:40:00 +0000

This thread saved me. I was struggling with the same thing. Thanks Jonathan and Michael!

By: Tasha McKinlay

Tasha McKinlay — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:07:00 +0000

What a great idea, and a great template! I do believe I’ll do this too! Thank you!

By: 70KILO

70KILO — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:12:50 +0000

[...] Reserve time annually for your most important priorities. This has been a huge help to me, particularly as things got crazy. I reserve the week between Christmas an New Years to plan out the coming year. I don’t plan every detail—far from it. But I doput the big rocks in the jar first by scheduling my most important priorities. I have created a tool for this called the Annual Time Block. [...]

By: Mark Weaver

Mark Weaver — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:03:00 +0000

thanks Mike, for so willingly sharing your time management skills. the time block tool ROCKS!

By: Jonathan Watson

Jonathan Watson — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:24:00 +0000

Google is the way to go. Not only does this allow me to see years at a time (Go to Labs) but it’s fully syncable between platforms and devices.

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:45:00 +0000

I’m glad you solved the problem. Thanks.

By: Bill Dodge

Bill Dodge — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:26:00 +0000

Mike, I checked the other responses and I was able to change the calculation to Automatic from Manual and it worked. Thanks.

By: Bill Dodge

Bill Dodge — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:15:00 +0000

Mike, I love the spreadsheet, but I can’t get the year to update when I change the date in A5. is there some trick to getting the weekends to adjust? I am trying to do 2012 and 2013. I have tried several different ways., nothing moves the weekends.

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:03:00 +0000

Thanks, Paul. I consider myself “cyber-hugged.” ;-)

By: paul peterson

paul peterson — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:22:00 +0000

Michael, no kidding here… most of your posts make me just want to hug you because they are so good. This one is no exception! GREAT post! Thank you for unearthing and sharing this gold! Have a great night!

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How to Find Your Stuff in Evernote — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:45:12 +0000

[...] have Saved Searches for my Life Plan Documents (e.g., my Life Plan itself, my Ideal Week, and my Annual Time Block), Unpaid Bills, Reimbursable Expenses, Guest Posts, etc. Basically, any time I create a search, I [...]

By: Ryan K

Ryan K — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:54:00 +0000

I love the rock story. It’s easy to lack structure and run on the fly but planning the big things out helps to make sure they happen.

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:09:00 +0000

You have to be using the most recent version of Excel.

By: Jenni Hypes

Jenni Hypes — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:31:00 +0000

Hi Michael! Your annual time block planning tool sounds great. I’m trying to download it on my mac, but when I try to open it, it’s telling me that it’s a read-only file? Any suggestions?

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Finding a sustainable pace « Two Tasks — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:32:18 +0000

[...] etc. These are the “hard edges” to your calendar. Take a look at Mike Hyatt’s annual time block for one way to do this. I do this over the summer since our ministry year run July to [...]