Time Management
Metadata
- Author: paolo.blog
- Full Title: Time Management
- URL: https://paolo.blog/time-management
Highlights
Build a solid and consistent routine, giving space to work but also personal time, family time, introspection, and last but not least, sleep. (View Highlight)
Use scarcity as a prioritisation tool: artificially limiting my availability for meeting as a forcing factor of selection. (View Highlight)
Reserve several hours for focused work, alone and without distractions. (View Highlight)
Leave a few slots available during the workday for impromptu conversations, exceptions, and other inevitable interruptions (View Highlight)
The most substantial improvement in my ability to manage my time came from using my calendar as my to-do list (and subsequently killing my to-do list). Killing my to-do list has also had the unintended consequence of substantially reducing my personal stress and anxiety — it’s been one of my biggest mental health wins of all time (View Highlight)
Whenever I take on a task, I evaluate how much time I need to perform it and add it to my calendar instead of writing it on a to-do list (View Highlight)
Time management
Metadata
- Author: paolo.blog
- Full Title: Time management
- URL: https://paolo.blog/time-management
Highlights
Build a solid and consistent routine, giving space to work but also personal time, family time, introspection, and last but not least, sleep. (View Highlight)review
Use scarcity as a prioritisation tool: artificially limiting my availability for meeting as a forcing factor of selection. (View Highlight)review
Reserve several hours for focused work, alone and without distractions. (View Highlight)review
Leave a few slots available during the workday for impromptu conversations, exceptions, and other inevitable interruptions (View Highlight)review
Leave a few slots available during the workday for impromptu conversations, exceptions, and other inevitable interruptions (View Highlight)review
The most substantial improvement in my ability to manage my time came from using my calendar as my to-do list (and subsequently killing my to-do list). Killing my to-do list has also had the unintended consequence of substantially reducing my personal stress and anxiety — it’s been one of my biggest mental health wins of all time (View Highlight)review
Whenever I take on a task, I evaluate how much time I need to perform it and add it to my calendar instead of writing it on a to-do list (View Highlight)review