Managing your time in chuncks [Hack Your Day]

time productivityOne of the main reasons people have a never ending, never completed to do list is that they simply create the list, and either don’t prioritize it, or don’t make a conscientious effort after that to get stuff done. Creating the list is only solving part of the problem, you need to productively handle that list too.

One method I found that helps me in many situations is task grouping. I have a set of a load of things I want to do, and today I just sat down and said that for the remainder of the day and all of tomorrow I will work on these two projects. This is a non prioritized list, so it doesn’t matter which on, in fact, the day after tomorrow I could decide to work on the same two things.

This has two positive effects, apart from the obvious, that I actually get things done. First of all, it focuses me on specific items, making sure I will either finish them, or at least extensively work with them. The other benefit is that it gives me a warm, fuzzy, “I’ve spent my day well” feeling, and ultimately, this is what I want to achieve with productivity and organization.

I recommend doing this in relatively small chunks though, 1-3 days are best, since if you work with two items for a week, your attention may wander, even on day 1, knowing you will still be doing this 5 days from now.

Original post here: Daniel

2 March 2008 | Lifestyle, Management, Organization, Productivity, time | Comments

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