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The 10 Calendar Rules I Swear By to Actually Get Sh*t Done (...without burning out, falling behind, or hating my schedule.)

If your calendar is a cluttered mess, a blank screen, or a constant reminder of everything you’re not doing… tHESE COMMANDMENTS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

I’m sharing the 10 calendar commandments that helped me stop spinning in shame, reclaim my time, and finally run a business that works with my brain and real life.

This Is Exactly How I Plan My Calendar Now—and omg it finally works!

This isn’t a theory. It’s how I actually plan my weeks, what rules I follow religiously, and how I build in space to breathe while still selling, serving, and staying on track.

YOU're going to learn:

Why I've outlawed "30 min" time blocks (and what I do instead to make things 100x easier)
How I choose what gets done when—based on energy, not guilt
The 5 part daily recipe I follow
What I do every week to check in and course-correct without spiraling
The real reason why you have a love/hate relationship with your calendar (it's NOT because you are flawed. It's your system).

You're not the problem. Your calendar is.

If you’ve been blaming yourself for not sticking to your plan, constantly rewriting your schedule, or wondering why everyone else seems to have it together—this is your wake-up call.

You’re not lazy. You’re not undisciplined. You're not "out of alignment".

You’ve just been following calendar “rules” that were never made for you.

here's what i mean...

Do you see yourself in one of these?

A)

The Delulu Perfectionist Over-Planner

Your time is color-coded and crammed full—every hour accounted for...and then some.

You treat planning like a creative outlet—but following it feels impossible because the plan is utterly unrealistic.

Despite that, you assume you just need to “try harder” or “be more efficient” to fit it all in.

You shame spiral and blame yourself when you can't get it all done...but then you rinse and repeat the same cycle next week.

B)

The Creative Chaos Queen (with ADHD)

You love dreaming, scheming, post-it-noting, and starting new projects—but your calendar can’t keep up with your brain.

You love the idea of a color-coded calendar but in reality you resist structure because it feels like prison.

You go through bursts of motivation where you get an insane amount of work done, then crash and avoid everything for 10 days.

You end up reacting instead of executing—spinning in ideas instead of finishing

C)

The Intuitive-But-Plateaued Genius

ou’ve built your business by trusting your gut and following what feels good…but now, your goals are stuck in the someday pile while others are passing you by.

You avoid anything that feels forced—but it means nothing gets momentum

You have big dreams, but no actual dates or structure to move them forward

You don’t want hustle—but you do want to feel proud of what you’ve built

Hi, I'm Courtney Chaal and I'm a recovering calendar avoider 🥸

I've always loved planning. Give me a fresh planner, a new time-blocking strategy, and I am thriving—until it’s time to actually follow the plan.

I tried all of it: productivity courses, business coaches, habit apps, rigid routines… and none of it stuck.

I’d build a gorgeous schedule… and then immediately avoid it.
Not out of laziness—but because it didn’t work with my brain, my life, or my energy.

Then I became a parent—and suddenly had even less time and even more to manage.

That’s when everything changed.

Because I couldn’t afford to wing it anymore. I had to get crystal clear on how to use the hours I had—and learn how to create structure I could actually trust.

This freebie shares the 10 rules I now live and work by.

They are the foundation for the system I teach inside The Time Puzzle Method—and they’re what made it possible for me (and my clients) to plan realistically, consistently, and without resentment.

For a while, I wondered: Am I just not capable of following a calendar?

Learn the 10 Calendar Commandments that will change your relationship with time.