Make your days pop

Does your digital calendar spark joy? If not, do away with the Tetris wall of tasks and to-dos, and make space for the real you

- Kritika Kapoor [e-mail]

It started with friends’ birthdays and “very important” meetings.

And now look at us — scheduling everything in our online calendars. Morning moka-pot rituals labelled orange, journaling sessions in pink, Hinge dates in blue, and Sunday brunches in yellow. We even block time to “do the laundry” and “water the plants”. Calendar creep has invaded both work and personal life. At this point, are you even a couple if your online schedules aren’t synced, colour-coded, and basically flirting with each other on their own?

Overstuffed schedules mean decision fatigue, no spontaneity, and the shame of little unchecked boxes silently judging you.

So, how do you match your calendar to your energy, instead of the other way around?