In Praise of Structured Time

When I left my last full-time job I immediately deleted my calendar.

One reason I left that form of employment was a desire to reclaim control over my time. Calendars represented to me an open opportunity for other people to dictate how they wanted me to spend my day.

Even in a blissfully meeting-free day at a relatively-chill startup there were still the implied book-ends of 10:30am-ish to 6pm-ish. There was no room to feed the inspiration I need to do my best work with nourishing hikes or daydreaming coastal drives.