Before Breakfast Get the confetti out of your schedule
Feb 3, 2026
They unpack the idea of “time confetti” and why tiny scattered minutes feel overwhelming. Practical tips show how 10–15 minute chunks can be reclaimed for reading, workouts, calls or puzzles. Strategies include weekly planning to consolidate short meetings, sequencing errands and preserving weekend afternoon blocks for family time.
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Time Confetti Harms Deep Work
- Time confetti are small scattered chunks that fragment schedules and reduce deep work opportunity.
- With intention you can both use short chunks and aim to create longer contiguous stretches for meaningful tasks.
Batch Or Move Meetings To Free Blocks
- During weekly planning, inspect your calendar for small meetings that break larger blocks of time and ask if they can move or be combined.
- Prefer batching meetings back-to-back to create longer open blocks for focused work or leisure.
Lobby Workbeat Wins Over Short Trips Home
- Laura skipped going home between drop-off and pick-up and instead worked in the lobby to get a 45-minute stretch and a 30-minute reading break.
- This saved driving time and produced a more useful, restful block than two tiny fragments would have.
