{"id":5553,"date":"2022-09-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/?p=5553"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:36:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:36:41","slug":"time-management-tip-how-to-create-a-time-buffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/time-management-tip-how-to-create-a-time-buffer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Time Buffer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Do you ever feel like you could use a time buffer in your busy schedule?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you looking for tips to make the time buffer scheduling process simple and easy for yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A time buffer is a brief amount of time between calendar entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When properly added to a calendar or schedule<\/a>, a time buffer can cushion the blow of circumstances beyond your control, help you stay on schedule<\/a>, and keep you cool, calm, and collected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time buffers can be true lifesavers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They can give you a few extra minutes of breathing room when you\u2019re stuck sitting in traffic or frantically searching for a misplaced wallet at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog post, you’ll find a simple three-step process to help you create at time buffer in your work or home calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would you like to have a few solitary minutes to yourself to collect your thoughts, catch your breath, review your schedule, and \u201cput yourself back together\u201d again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If so, then you\u2019ll definitely want to consider adding time buffers to your schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following tips will help you create a time buffer at a moment\u2019s notice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Create a Time Buffer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choose an appointment to buffer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To get the most out of your buffer experience, you\u2019ll want to consciously select a single appointment or meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unsure as to which appointment you should buffer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can take a look at your calendar for some clues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, do you have a standing daily, weekly, or monthly appointment that always seems to be hurried?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conversely, do you find yourself rushed at the beginning or end of an appointment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are all great places to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t have a recurring meeting in your schedule?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try looking for an appointment in which you always feel stressed, flustered, or anxious, especially when it comes to arriving on time<\/a> or composing yourself before the meeting begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identify a specific amount of buffer time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now, one of the worst things you can do when setting a time buffer is to make a sweeping generalization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, you may think, \u201cI only need a few extra minutes to get from my house to the office when traffic is bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s all well and good, but just how many minutes are a few extra minutes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it five minutes? Ten minutes? Fifteen or thirty minutes more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be sure to specify an exact amount of time for your buffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be easier to schedule into your calendar, plus doing so makes it easy to remember the duration of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you know it takes you twenty minutes to drive to work<\/a>, you might consider tacking on a ten-minute time buffer each day in case of traffic delays, poor weather, or unforeseen car trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set your time buffer right away.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Avoid waiting until the last-minute to schedule a time buffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No procrastinating:<\/a> the longer you wait, the less scheduling time you\u2019ll have available to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s more, you\u2019ll have less time overall for your time buffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get in the habit of dropping a time buffer into your calendar whenever you book an appointment or meeting.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can write the word \u201cbuffer\u201d or any word or phrase you so desire into your calendar.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What matters the most is that you set your time buffer in the first place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about you? Where will you add in a time buffer in your schedule? Do you already practice adding in time buffers into your calendar? Join in the conversation and leave a comment below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking to have more breathing room in your calendar?<\/p>\n

Having a time buffer or two in your schedule can be a real life-saver!<\/p>\n

In this post I\u2019ll show you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325],"tags":[500,821,355,142,364,110,941,72,881,130],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5553"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25781,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5553\/revisions\/25781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}