My work calendar is a nightmare and I’ve given up trying to manage it. Now I don’t know what I’m doing for the day till I see my calendar that morning. A lot of the time I just don’t show up to meetings (and don’t decline or RSVP them). Sometimes I show up to shifts when someone else is covering.
I’ve got a bunch of roles at work:
1st role is scheduled 6 months at a time, so there’s some predictability there.
2nd role’s work is scheduled 6 weeks at a time.
3rd role is scheduled about 8 weeks at a time.
4th role is changing day to day with urgent meetings scheduled in by the secretary or seniors (which can even be later the same day).
Other ad-hoc stuff keeps getting thrown in.
Annual leave needs to be booked 6 weeks in advance.
This doesn’t even cover the things I’m trying to balance or make time for at home.
Have you considered posting this issue in !autism@lemmy.world or !neurodivergence@beehaw.org ? A lot of posters there are either fabulously or horrendously organised, either way they might have tips.
Thanks for the tip, but this is more of a work problem than an organisational skills problem. There’s no reason that 1 or 2 of those roles can’t be made into regular scheduled activities permanently. The problem is my coworkers like the chaos for their own reasons and vote for this system. The solution I’m left with is waiting to drop a role and focus my energy elsewhere.
My work calendar is a nightmare and I’ve given up trying to manage it. Now I don’t know what I’m doing for the day till I see my calendar that morning. A lot of the time I just don’t show up to meetings (and don’t decline or RSVP them). Sometimes I show up to shifts when someone else is covering.
I’ve got a bunch of roles at work:
1st role is scheduled 6 months at a time, so there’s some predictability there.
2nd role’s work is scheduled 6 weeks at a time.
3rd role is scheduled about 8 weeks at a time.
4th role is changing day to day with urgent meetings scheduled in by the secretary or seniors (which can even be later the same day).
Other ad-hoc stuff keeps getting thrown in.
Annual leave needs to be booked 6 weeks in advance.
This doesn’t even cover the things I’m trying to balance or make time for at home.
Have you considered posting this issue in !autism@lemmy.world or !neurodivergence@beehaw.org ? A lot of posters there are either fabulously or horrendously organised, either way they might have tips.
Thanks for the tip, but this is more of a work problem than an organisational skills problem. There’s no reason that 1 or 2 of those roles can’t be made into regular scheduled activities permanently. The problem is my coworkers like the chaos for their own reasons and vote for this system. The solution I’m left with is waiting to drop a role and focus my energy elsewhere.
Yep, that’s a management issue, not a personal issue.
Ahhhhh I see. Best of British luck