Timeboxing with reminders popping up on my phone worked quite well for me. But I was a slave to every vibration coming from my pocket. It really became the thing that got me from always late, to mostly on time when I silenced the non-important notifications that don't need my immediate attention (Substack, Group chats, emails etc).
Every category has a colour so I can see at a glance what's coming up.
I haven't got so far as adding in time for responding to emails yet but I do have "buffer zones" in between tasks to allow me to do that sort of thing
I love the approach of putting your to-do list in your calendar. If you haven’t come across it already you might enjoy how Brooke Castillo talks about her approach she calls “Monday Hour 1” - great post
Timeboxing with reminders popping up on my phone worked quite well for me. But I was a slave to every vibration coming from my pocket. It really became the thing that got me from always late, to mostly on time when I silenced the non-important notifications that don't need my immediate attention (Substack, Group chats, emails etc).
Every category has a colour so I can see at a glance what's coming up.
I haven't got so far as adding in time for responding to emails yet but I do have "buffer zones" in between tasks to allow me to do that sort of thing
Focus and time-boxing have been a game-changer for me. Huge productivity boost. Great share, @Dr. Christian Poensgen!
Same here Stephen, thank you. I'm glad you found this useful.
I love the approach of putting your to-do list in your calendar. If you haven’t come across it already you might enjoy how Brooke Castillo talks about her approach she calls “Monday Hour 1” - great post
Thanks, Scott, I'll definitely check out the "Monday Hour 1".
I know of this, but didn't know it. There was a specific concept called "time-boxing".
This part really stuck out for me today
"Shifting from managing tasks to managing time is incredibly powerful "
Thanks, Christian 🙏