{"id":25763,"date":"2025-04-11T09:05:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T09:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=25763"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T09:23:40","slug":"how-to-stop-stressing-about-your-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=25763","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Stressing About Your Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hint: It doesn\u2019t involve \u201cinbox zero.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For the past few weeks, I\u2019ve been doing a simple experiment: I leave for appointments 10 to 15 minutes earlier than normal.<\/p>\n

Yes, this is \u201cobvious\u201d advice, said Chris Guillebeau, the author of the forthcoming book \u201cTime Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live.\u201d \u201cBut the results can be life-changing,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Yet people still resist this idea, Guillebeau said: \u201cThey get worried, and ask me, \u2018What will I do with the extra time?\u2019\u201d But research suggests<\/a> that people habitually underestimate how long a task will take. \u201cSo in reality, they probably won\u2019t have extra time,\u201d Guillebeau said. \u201cThey just won\u2019t be late.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not the only person who has a fraught relationship with the clock. Sixty percent of people surveyed by the Pew Research Center said they sometimes felt too busy to enjoy life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some of the stress around scheduling is out of our control, but there are things we can all do to feel more in charge of our time, Guillebeau said. I asked him and other experts for tips.<\/p>\n