Time and time again (pun intended) we see the same old Time Management blog posts talking about how you can do this and that to get a hold of your time and success is granted “if you follow this N steps”. Fret not, fellow geeks, we’re not here to do that. This week, we bring you some direct tips about using a tool that can help improve your performance. That’s it. There’s no promise of success or miracles being sold here. Instead, we offer practical and truthful advice. Let’s dive in and take a look at what we have to say, shall we?

Introduction to Time Management

Sure thing, Time Management is an overused and banalized expression. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t withhold value. Not managing your time properly will lead to reduced availability. How much this will affect you depends, each person will have a different schedule and, therefore, be impacted in different ways. However, often enough we can see it resulting in considerable negative effects. 

With that in mind, the first step to properly manage your time is identifying how it affects you. Understand that the same amount of time doesn’t equal to the same time. “oh but Geeky Girl, that doesn’t make any sense”. Think about it, you probably have a time of the day when you work better, don’t you? Most people do. If a morning person spends three hours working during the morning, they will perform faster and better than if they spend three hours working during the night. Or, if someone has children at home, they’ll probably perform faster and better when the children are at school, or sleeping. The same amount of time doesn’t equal to the same quality of time.

This is something that should be taken into consideration whenever you build your schedule. It can be tricky because there are a lot of outside influences – responsibilities, personal life, etc – that impose restrictions on how can one build their schedule. You have to find the workaround that serves you best and understand that your schedule is not a fixed thing. For example, if you have kids, your summer schedule probably won’t be the same as your winter schedule. Changes are normal and, often, welcomed. Don’t be afraid to reschedule to adapt to something new. 

Understanding Acuity

Acuity is a robust scheduling and appointment management platform designed to streamline the process of booking and managing appointments for businesses of all sizes. One of its key features is its intuitive scheduling interface, which allows users to create customized booking pages that align with their unique branding and preferences. Users can set up personalized booking forms with fields to collect essential information from clients, such as contact details, appointment preferences, and service selections. This customization not only enhances the booking experience for clients but also provides businesses with valuable insights to better understand their clientele.

Furthermore, Acuity offers a range of powerful tools to automate and optimize appointment management tasks. Users can set up recurring appointments, group bookings, and package deals, allowing them to efficiently handle complex scheduling scenarios with ease. Additionally, Acuity’s flexible availability settings enable users to define their working hours, buffer times between appointments, and lead times for booking, ensuring that they have full control over their schedule and workload. By automating appointment reminders and notifications, Acuity helps minimize no-shows and last-minute cancellations, improving overall efficiency and reducing administrative burdens.

Moreover, Acuity simplifies the payment process by integrating with popular payment gateways, allowing users to accept online payments securely and seamlessly. Whether it’s collecting deposits, processing full payments, or offering discounts and coupon codes, Acuity provides businesses with the flexibility to customize their payment options to meet their specific needs. You can read more about Acuity’s features in this blog post.

Customization for Neurodiverse Needs

For us, neurodivergent people, managing appointments tasks can be particularly challenging. The whole process is full of little anxiety-inducing details that get stuck in our minds. This can lower performance, health (physical and mental), profit, and overall happiness. Acuity comes as a shield and a lantern, protecting and guiding us.

With Acuity’s versatility, the neurodivergent entrepreneur can tailor the tool to better serve their preferences. For example, if you tend to overgive, having your availability set on Acuity makes it much easier to say “No” because it makes it look like you’re busy. Ultimately, this allows you to take control of your time. 

Several of the neurodivergent struggles that we live in our day-to-day lives are easily solved by Acuity. And you can customize it to serve your own needs. There’s no obligation to use all features. Use that which helps you and the in the way it best does that.

Automation and Efficiency

It’s important to note that we’re not only talking about organizing your time, we’re also talking about freeing it. Acuity is made to take some dull tasks from human hands and automate them. There’s nothing more annoying than to waste your and your client’s time than going back and forth through several emails just to find out that Wednesday at 10 am is a nice time to meet.

By delivering tasks like that to the system to work with, you tend to get positive impacts on your performance, business, and personal life. Meaning, the overall efficiency of your whole team (including you) increases. That’s the impact that freeing time can have on someone’s life. And on top of it, your service quality improves. Meaning, you are less stressed, your team isn’t overwhelmed AND your clients are happier.  

Automating email reminders makes your company look more attentive and your clients cared about. Aside from decreasing the number of missed appointments (cuz who doesn’t hate those??). All of that without you or your team lifting a single finger. Don’t you just love tech as much as I do? If you don’t it’s because you haven’t tried Acuity yet! Go give it a go and then tell me about it!

 

Acuity is an excellent tool that impacts directly a crucial part of our daily organization: Time Management. As we said in the beginning, this ain’t no miracle. It’s simple facts and smart solutions. Combined, they can lead you to a better place. Remember if you have any questions you can email us or reach out through our contact page, we are always happy to help!