Rules Governing Scheduling Engagements

In a given week, I will schedule:

• zero social appointments during a workday,
• no more than one pre-workday social appointment,
• minimal workday appointments for household business,
• no more than four midevening engagements, including no more than one that pulls me away from the children,
• no more than one late-evening appointment (e.g., movie night, phone conversation) if I have more than one project going, but up to three such appointments when I am keeping to my one-project-at-a-time limit,
• anything I care to Saturday & Sunday before dinner, and
• anything appealing that I care to schedule that presents itself same day.

In a given month, I will schedule no more than two travel weekends, whose evenings count toward the midevening engagement constraint.

Additionally, I will not forget the Sabbath.

Finally, to stick to all the above, I will become well-rehearsed in saying, “Let me get back to you.”