--- title: Block Your Calendar: Master Your Time Daily! #shorts description: A quick productivity tip for developers: block your calendar at the end of the day to protect focus time and avoid last-minute task requests. By marking... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/block-your-calendar-master-your-time-daily-shorts-ibpkuhyk8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Block Your Calendar: Master Your Time Daily! #shorts | daily.dev og:description: A quick productivity tip for developers: block your calendar at the end of the day to protect focus time and avoid last-minute task requests. By marking... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/block-your-calendar-master-your-time-daily-shorts-ibpkuhyk8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iBpKuHyK8.png og:image:alt: Block Your Calendar: Master Your Time Daily! #shorts og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Block Your Calendar: Master Your Time Daily! #shorts **[The Serious CTO](https://daily.dev/sources/seriouscto)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A quick productivity tip for developers: block your calendar at the end of the day to protect focus time and avoid last-minute task requests. By marking yourself as 'in a meeting,' colleagues won't question your availability, helping engineers maintain control over their schedule. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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