# Stop Swiss Cheesing your calendar - Thinking Through

<https://thinkingthrough.substack.com/p/stop-swiss-cheesing-your-calendar>

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## What Jamie wrote

I've often called this **Calendar Tetris** but I like the Swiss cheese metaphor just as much. The method described here is one approach, but the main thing is to actively manage your calendar. If you don't, others will, and that will have no regard to your objectives.

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT173: Weekly Thing #173 / Minot, Unicorn, Bunch](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/173/), Recommended Links

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