{"product_id":"time-blocking-reid-mercer-9798183567373","title":"Time Blocking: Design a Day That Holds Together When AI, Alerts, and Distraction Fight for Every Minute","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou had a plan for today. You worked the entire time. And somehow the one piece of work with your name on it is sitting exactly where it was at nine this morning, while everything louder got handled twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is not a discipline problem. It is a design problem. Your to-do list told you \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e to do and stayed silent on the only question that decides whether any of it happens: \u003ci\u003ewhen.\u003c\/i\u003e A task without a time is a wish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime blocking\u003c\/b\u003e fixes that. You stop keeping a list of tasks and start keeping a calendar of blocks. Each thing that matters gets an honest estimate and a real slot on a real day, so your hours go where you decided instead of where they are pulled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost advice stops at \"put your tasks on a calendar\" and wishes you luck. This book goes where the method actually lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you'll learn: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy an open to-do list quietly fails, and how a calendar of blocks replaces low-grade dread with a day that has a shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to estimate time honestly against the planning fallacy, using a simple padding rule instead of hoping it goes faster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to protect long, deep blocks for important work and why a fractured hour is worth far less than a whole one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to batch email, messages, and admin into bounded slots instead of letting them bleed through every minute\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to re-block calmly when the day breaks, so a broken day never becomes a broken method\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to handle interruptions and other people without becoming rigid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to keep a designed day intact when AI can generate infinite tasks and options\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalm, practical, and evidence-aware, with researchers named and caveats kept honest. Method, not motivation. No hype, no shame, just a tool you steer toward days you are glad you spent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart of the Proven Methods series by Reid Mercer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reid Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798183567373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Reid Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173868544255,"sku":"9798183567373","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/time-blocking-reid-mercer-9798183567373","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}