I’m today years old when I found out my dishwasher has a delay start button.

For years, I’ve been trying to time each cycle so it finishes just before I go to bed.

And only because I didn’t want the dishes sitting in a warm, sealed box all night.

(Will that affect my pots and pans? No idea. But I like to let them air out.)

So every night, it’s the same routine:

Load the dishes.

Do mental math.

Guess when I should hit “Start” so I’m still awake to open it when the cycle ends.

And then, today... I see it.

That little button I’d never noticed before: Delay Start.

It means I can load everything before bed, tell the machine to start a few hours later, and wake up to a clean, aired-out dishwasher…without having to do anything else!

And weirdly…

This is exactly how I feel about rediscovering the idea of a content calendar.

I used to scoff at the idea because I pride myself to be a skilled, daily writer.

But of course…

Sometimes it's client work. Sometimes it's just me procrastinating.

Which meant my email writing rhythm has been out of whack lately.

I want to write more—on my blog, on Medium—but I keep running into the same roadblock: no time.

But I do have time on certain days, which meant that this is perfect for me to “delay-start” my publishing.

Here’s what that looks like:

It’s not "freshly brewed" every day.

But at least I get to publish more often.

If you’re at a point in life where it feels like you never have enough time….to write, to create, to work on that one thing you keep pushing off…

I want to say: maybe it’s time to try batching.

It’s one of those classic productivity principles we hear all the time but rarely revisit.

And sometimes, all it takes is looking at it with fresh eyes to realise that this could actually make things easier right now.

So here’s your nudge, just like that little “Delay Start” button was mine.

Take 10 minutes this week to ask:

“Is there something in my life I can prep ahead—so future me doesn’t have to scramble?”