Gokul Rajaram
Block Time for What Matters
Inspired by Gokul Rajaram episode
Gokul blocks calendar time for family like meetings—hard stops, non-negotiable. If it matters, it gets blocked.
You know how at work you block off "focus time" on your calendar? Like that's going to stop Karen from scheduling a "quick sync"? She sees the block. She KNOWS what it means. She books over it anyway because "it'll just be five minutes."
Same energy with bedtime. You announce 7:30. You've got plans. There's a show you want to watch, there's wine that needs drinking. But then someone needs water. Someone else needs the bathroom. A third person appears who wasn't even supposed to be awake and suddenly it's 9:15 and you're having a full philosophical discussion about whether Batman is real.
The problem isn't that you didn't communicate the boundary. You said "bedtime." They heard you. They just decided your boundary was more of a suggestion. Like a meeting invite you can tentatively accept and then ghost.
Calendar blocking doesn't work if no one respects the block. At work or at home. The call is coming from inside the house.
