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Time Blocking: Cal Newport's MIT Calendar System

AI slideshow video Productivity Hacks 191 viewsAugust 27, 2026

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In 2017, Cal Newport spent two hours in MIT’s Barker library with a legal pad, but finished a week’s worth of PhD work before dinner. Newport used a simple move: put every task, down to email checks, into fixed slots on his calendar-this is time blocking. The exact steps: start with a blank calendar, assign a block for each commitment, no overlaps, and adjust as reality hits. A Harvard Business Review study from 2018 found this can cut wasted time by 20 percent. That single sheet of Newport’s, divided by hour, bought back nearly nine hours each week.

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This video explains the MIT Calendar System used by Cal Newport to rescue lost hours from digital overwhelm. It covers time blocking, describes how to set up the system, and shares a real study on its impact. Learn a concrete way to take back your day from endless to-do lists with time blocking.

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