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Time is your most precious resource.
Protect it.
7 strategies to take control of your time and life
// A THREAD //
Protect it.
7 strategies to take control of your time and life
// A THREAD //
1. Deport Multitasking to North Kore
Your brain can't do two high-function tasks at once.
It switches between them.
Stop clowning & focus on one task.
Your brain can't do two high-function tasks at once.
It switches between them.
Stop clowning & focus on one task.
2. Fix Your Productivity *Bonus*
Productivity is not crossing off 15 tasks on a to-do-list.
Take mindful, effective action.
Time & time again.
To do this, prioritize tasks & track your output.
Productivity is not crossing off 15 tasks on a to-do-list.
Take mindful, effective action.
Time & time again.
To do this, prioritize tasks & track your output.
3. Use Rewards
You do great one day, buy your favorite ice cream.
You kill it for a week, visit your favorite aquarium.
Extrinsic motivation can be huge.
You do great one day, buy your favorite ice cream.
You kill it for a week, visit your favorite aquarium.
Extrinsic motivation can be huge.
4. Track Screen Time
Track your hours like you do your dollars.
Look at your app usage.
→ Use app time limits
→ Delete apps
→ Put the phone out of sight when working
Track your hours like you do your dollars.
Look at your app usage.
→ Use app time limits
→ Delete apps
→ Put the phone out of sight when working
5. Develop a Spine
Learn to turn down plans.
Strip guilt and FOMO of their power.
Think & write about how important your time and life are.
Learn to turn down plans.
Strip guilt and FOMO of their power.
Think & write about how important your time and life are.
6. Dethrone procrasination
Procrasination is an emotional problem.
You fear an outcome; you push off tasks.
You're overwhelmed; you push future tasks off for urgent ones.
Procrasination is an emotional problem.
You fear an outcome; you push off tasks.
You're overwhelmed; you push future tasks off for urgent ones.
6a. Dethrone Procrasination
Make a quiet space. Grab a notebook & pencil.
Write or sketch about your workload.
Once you see it, you can take steps to overcome it.
Make a quiet space. Grab a notebook & pencil.
Write or sketch about your workload.
Once you see it, you can take steps to overcome it.
7. Set Your Own Schedule
If your schedule is work or class time with blank spaces, you've failed.
→ To-do list with time blocks
→ Weekly schedule with *big tasks*
Structure is control.
If your schedule is work or class time with blank spaces, you've failed.
→ To-do list with time blocks
→ Weekly schedule with *big tasks*
Structure is control.
8. Count the Votes *Bonus*
Carve out regular time blocks.
List the actions you've done.
Ask "Did I take a vote on this one?"
Look at how much you do on autopilot.
Build awareness.
Carve out regular time blocks.
List the actions you've done.
Ask "Did I take a vote on this one?"
Look at how much you do on autopilot.
Build awareness.
9. Take Breaks
Constant stimulation dulls your brain.
Work for 30 minutes undisturbed.
Then leave the phone at home & go for a walk.
Then come back.
Constant stimulation dulls your brain.
Work for 30 minutes undisturbed.
Then leave the phone at home & go for a walk.
Then come back.
10. Use Parkinson's Power *Bonus*
Parkinson's Law:
Your work will fit the time limit you give it.
Attach deadlines to your work.
Good deadlines make you proactive. Not reactive.
No deadlines as loose as sleeve of wizard.
Parkinson's Law:
Your work will fit the time limit you give it.
Attach deadlines to your work.
Good deadlines make you proactive. Not reactive.
No deadlines as loose as sleeve of wizard.
Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand
You can't flip it over and start again.
Luv me some Kenny Chesney just like you love your time.
RT to help others take control of their life clock. https://twitter.com/zaeminter/status/1352350378067714056
You can't flip it over and start again.
Luv me some Kenny Chesney just like you love your time.
RT to help others take control of their life clock. https://twitter.com/zaeminter/status/1352350378067714056
