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How Time Blocking Allowed Me To Accomplish More Each Day
Over the years, I have tried several different types of methods to help keep me focused and productive given the amount of time I have each day. While I was younger, these methods worked quite well. Now that I’m older and have more responsibilities across my day job and side hustles, it can be hard to manage all of the tasks well without losing track of time and without losing focus.
A good friend of mine showed me this article written by Jakub Kliszczak that goes over a simple framework on breaking your day out into five categories:
- Low-result
- Managerial
- Creative and Learning
- Fun
- Health and Exercise
To summarize what each of these categories mean:
- Low-result: Tasks that can be offloaded to someone else but ultimately need to be done. Examples would include grocery shopping, doing laundry, or washing the dishes.
- Managerial: Tasks that are focused on planning, replying to others such as email, meetings, organizing tasks. These can all be bucketed into this category. Remember, emails are meant to be checked like normal mail, so once…
