Reader Notes: Meeting & Calendar Optimization Edge Cases
Here's the thing about calendar buffers: they're only as good as the deadline you give them. A buffer without a deadline is just a gap—and nature abhors a vacuum. Meetings will fill it, tasks will stretch into it, and before you know it, your buffer is just another meeting slot with different coffee. This isn't about adding more white space to your calendar. It's about turning that white space into a tool that does something. A buffer with a clear outcome and a firm end time can absorb real work: writing, planning, recovering, thinking. The 10-minute audit I'm about to show you is the fastest way to get there. No grand overhaul, no new app. Who Has to Decide, and by When? Why a Buffer Without a Deadline Is Just Empty Space Picture a 30-minute buffer between meetings. It sits there, calm and green. Then a client request slips in.