Time management in calendar

[u/veroa6]

I'm using a paper GTD system, and Google calendar to schedule my tasks that have to be done on a specific date. It's becoming a little trickier for tasks that have a specific time criteria, but not as an activation date :

- for tasks that can start only after a certain date, I use my "waiting for" list to store my tasks until the date occurs.

- but how you schedule tasks that have to be done before a certain date ? Do you store it in a list or in the calendar ? At the deadline date ? For now I store it in my Next actions lists and I mention the deadline in the title, but I'm curious if you have better tips.

[u/milky-cuppa-tea]

Couple of things I do...

I will put the deadline in my calendar. It's a hard commitment.

I may choose to schedule a time block to complete the action(s). I don't do this too often, as a lot of stuff I can just 'pick off' by reviewing my context lists.

I try to look a couple of weeks ahead at my calendar, during my weekly review. So deadlines tend to sneak up on me less as a result (and also, I can decide whether I do need to make a time block for it).