How to Use Time-Blocking for Mental Recovery, Not Work

Time-blocking has long been championed as a productivity superpower. Entrepreneurs, engineers, and executives have used it to carve out focused chunks of time for deep work. But there’s a growing shift: people are now using time-blocking for something that has nothing to do with work at all—mental recovery. As burnout continues to climb and conversations about mental health become more normalized, many are rethinking how they manage time. The idea isn’t just to get more done,

Time-blocking has long been championed as a productivity superpower. Entrepreneurs, engineers, and executives have used it to carve out focused chunks of time for deep work. But there’s a growing shift: people are now using time-blocking for something that has...