No one ever decided they’ll spend their free evening scrolling socials for hours.

Yet everyone does it. So much of life is spent scrolling endlessly on a little device. It made me wonder:

What if we didn’t have it?

No endless entertainment. No addictive tool always in your pocket. Just nothing.

Now you suddenly have to choose what you’re going to spend your time doing. Or you stare at the wall.

Imagine that. Check your screen time, and imagine you had that time every day, being forced to just stare at the wall. Being forced to be bored.

Maybe you could do it for a day. Or 2. Maybe even an entire week.

But after a while, you would get absolutely sick of it. And you’d take action. You’d start something, find a new thing to do. Something that interests you, some new life experience. Anything to escape those horrific hours of boredom every single day.

You’d go out in the world more often. You’d meet new people. You’d build stronger relationships. Your life would start to look different.

My question to you is: What would your thing be? Do you know what you would do if you couldn’t distract yourself?

And if you don’t,

Are you ever going to find out?

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Does anyone have any time management app recommendations for classes , because I don’t wanna be late for my college courses.

Hey, everyone!

Just wanted to share this.

I often finds myself bouncing between tasks and getting easily distracted things (be it soc med, phone, rubics cube, etc) around me. I’ve been looking for a solution (a timer) that not only tracks time but also reminds me of what the hell I’m supposed to be doing to help me stay on track. You know, that kind of accountability for my focus and discipline.

I searched for web timers available in the google but couldn’t find exactly what I was looking for. There is this pomodoro web app, but I didn't want to setup that much task. Extra buttons is encouraging me to add more task I can. What I am looking for is just a plain simple one. so I built it myself and called it X-Clock – a simple web timer that you can open in a separate window or screen. You can set your task and the timer while displaying a reminder of your goals or what you need to accomplish within that time. No more distractions, just pure focus.

For me, it’s become a great tool to help practice discipline and improve my productivity. If you’re someone like me, who struggles with maintaining focus or staying on task, I hope my simple tool will be of any help to you too. Nothing complicated – just a simple timer that keeps you in check and reminds you of your priorities.

I thought I’d share it here since it’s been working pretty well for me. It might help someone else too (might be you). You can check it out at https://x-clock.com/

Would love to hear what you all think! Also, if you have any feature suggestions, feel free to share. I might be able to implement them. 🤘

I'd suggest give it a try. Think of something you want to complete for a hour. Open the x-clock in another window, then commit yourself to completing it. When you feel like you are getting distracted, read the task from the x-clock that you want to complete.

"Sometimes, it’s the simplest things that make the biggest difference."

i get carried away throughout the day and realize i never do all my tasks. i ended up rly focusing on something for a super long time instead of doing other things that would out my mind at ease. for instance during job search, i go on linked in and just start scrolling looking at job and saving jobs for hours on hours, instead of actually applying places or working on things like interviewing. Is this normal? i want to fix it

I've always loved Tim Urban's Wait by Why dot visualizations as a way of processing time, so I put my own spin on it.

Definitely scared me into spending less time on my tech and making time for my right priorities, so figured it may help you too:  https://lifedots.replit.app/

hello, I'm a junior engineering student in Texas A&M, I had a trip for the first school week and I missed all the information I need, but I tried to get notified for all the stuff. But OMG I still missed one course and two assignments, just because I forgot. I always do this, the first day of school, and sometimes it's the reason I can't get an A for my course, it's driving me crazy. And now my career skills building is my priority rather than my schooling stuff, so I feel like this is gonna happen again and again. Do you guys have any advices on time management for a person like me? I think I don't have a sense of deadline and sometimes can't decide what's the most important thing to do first.

Hello! I'm a highschool student and I have horrendous time management. Do you have any tips for time management? I feel like i could do so much more and better. And do you have any program recs like notion (don't recommend notion please, we have a history). Thanks

(Kinda long, sorry) I’m an admin assistant for 4 commercial bankers. Being organized, attentive to detail, communicative, able to adapt, multitask, and prioritize are essential for my job.

I have my weekly tasks and to-dos, but I’ve recently noticed they’ve been getting pushed aside for more urgent matters, very frequently. Like a wire that needs to get out at the last minute; or one of our top clients needing a copies of documents.

A lot of my work is over email (Outlook), but I do get the bankers and other employees popping into my office when they have a question (or when they just want to make conversation while waiting for their coffee to finish brewing). Interruptions are a constant part of my day.

Also, I have ADHD and anxiety, both of which I take medication to treat (in my late twenties now, got diagnosed a couple years ago). I’ve tried using planners (can’t remember to open the planner and write stuff down). I’ve tried using a notepad to write out my to-dos— it helps until I get urgent or random interruptions and then I get derailed and don’t touch the notepad for 2 days.

In Outlook, I organize “By Conversation” so it’s cleaner and I can remember what’s happening. I use a lot of folders and move stuff from the main inbox into the folders once completed or finished with the task until it needs to be revisited. I use the calendar so I don’t forget meetings or super important dates, but I’ll set a daily reminder to take my lunch and literally ignore the reminder (this is one of my annoying ADHD things where I see the thing, say ok, and forget about it immediately).

I feel like I am chained to my desk, working long days and yet still don’t feel like I get anything done. I enjoy my work and my job but I’m so tired and I hate feeling like I’m slacking. I would love any advice. Thank you!

I've always struggled with task management apps because typing everything was such a hassle. I'd have thoughts throughout the day but would often skip recording them - by the time I unlocked my phone, opened an app, and started typing, I'd either forget the details or lose motivation.

As a developer, I decided to solve this problem for myself. I created a simple app that lets me speak my tasks and uses AI to organize them. It's been a game-changer for my daily workflow - what used to take 30 seconds to type now takes 5 seconds to speak.For example, when thoughts come up during a walk or while making coffee, I just speak them naturally: "Need to review the project proposal next Monday and send feedback to Sarah by Wednesday."

The AI helps structure these into proper tasks.I'm sharing this here because it might help others who face similar challenges.

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I'm looking for a timer that I can use on my laptop with Chrome. I need it to be clean, simple, go up to 120 minutes, and most importantly ALWAYS be on screen no matter if I toggle between websites. I am having a really hard time trying to find something like that. Even if it advertises itself as being an overlay timer, it goes away when I open a new tab.

Can anyone help? Thanks!

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Has anyone used this new platform (new to me anyway) called GlbGPT, Global GPT?

I’ve recently acquired the management position for three restaurants, all family owned, and have been struggling a little. I make sure all the daily/weekly tasks and goals are met, but by doing so I have close to no time left for my personal life and it’s beginning to bug me out. To be fair, it’s been fairly recent since we opened the restaurants, but I want to start with good time management skills.

I would appreciate any tips or advice on how I can better manage my time so all goals/tasks are still being met, but in a more appropriate or healthy manner where I am not exhausted by the end of the week. Hope that makes sense 😅

Thank you!!

That system is the only one that (sometimes) works for me. You keep your calendar as a master list of tasks. In the morning I look at today's calendar entries, the tasks I can do today I put in "today's schedule". Everything else is moved in the calendar to some future date where I want to remember the item. Anything else that comes up during the day is written on a "to remember" list.

I actually prefer pen and paper BUT I kept forgetting the page at home etc and that would annoy me to no end. I set myself a challenge to create an app to help. It's a fancy notes app for that purpose. If anyone else would like to use it to, here it is: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6739738831?pt=127179514&ct=reddit&mt=8

It's free (forever). No accounts. Enjoy :)

Hey all,

Currently using Todoist, kinda happy, kinda unhappy. Its lacking certain features definitely hurts my productivity (especially notes), so I am looking for a better alternative.

What tools do you use for time and task management? What are the top 3 things you like and hate about them?

Thanks for helping a fellow productivity bud in advance ^_^

Hi all :) I just wrote up a timetable for my new work schedule. I work 7.30 am to 1.30 pm on weekdays and weekends I will be working 3 hours sat and sun.

Could someone tell me if this is written right - how I've categorized tasks with times? And do timetables really help improve time management? TIA <3

Timetable :)

Before the pandemic, I used to have such a long attention span. I am a bookworm so reading books is my happiness. It’s easy for me to finish reading a novel in just 2 days. That’s how good my attention span is. Nut ever since I became hooked to social media, I noticed that my attention span degraded tremendously. I would like to go back to reading books again but it’s just so hard when 5 minutes in, my brain is telling me to do others things. My studies are now also being affected because I tend to procrastinate due to short attention span.

Any tips?

What are some things you can buy that will actually improve your life. Assuming you already have a car and a house? I'm a single guy. I'm pretty busy. I work a lot. I got an electric lunch box for Christmas. It really is a huge upgrade for my lunches. Saves me money eating at the work cafeteria and I get nice hot lunches. But this awesome gift made me wonder what else I could buy to improve my life. And I know you people know. Thanks in advance. 🥰

Hey everyone. I want to share that the concept of time boxing never worked for me. Instead the GTD method helped with managing my actions, with the goal of freedom as a result.

I do have a YouTube vid on that, but idk if Ican post this here. I've been banned before for selfpromotion 🤣

I need help managing my time to fit in work, working out, building my bis/sidegig and sleep.

Okay, I work 07-15:30 Mon-Thu, and 07-12:30 Fri. I need to wake up 05:00(5AM) evvery workday. I am 17. I also work out 4/5 times i week(1.5hours). From my work and home exluding work out, I use 1.5hours. This means the days im working out(Mon,Tue,Thu,Fri) I only have about 1.5-2 hours of free time(If I want 8 hours sleep, which I do as im 17 years old).

In the 1.5-2 hours of free time, I need to eat, shit, read 20 pages, make lunch for the next day. I dont fit that into my schedule/routine, and how the f, im I supposed to work on my sidegig, let alone relax a bit, before going to sleep? Am I supposed to just not care about, sleeping 8 hours and just settle on 6 hours giving me less gains in the gym and making me more tired each day to focus on my future? I use my Friday, Sat, and Sun to be with Family, Firends, Relax and to work on my sidegig, but often after a tiering workweek my focus and wanting to work on my sidegig often gets little attention.

I would love some insights to how I can make this work. And no, I can’t settle on not working, or building my sidegig/business. I have thought about changing my work out days more for the weekend when I have lots of time. But need some help. Thanks in advance.

Our organisation uses a spreadsheet for time tracking and holiday management and it's a pain. We don't much funds for something proper (charity) but I would like to find a system that I can recommend that allows staff to categorise their time (down to an hour) and also book holidays (to half day) and see how much leave they have left and how much TOIL they have. Most staff are full time but a few are part time (hourly).

Any recommendations?

Efficient meeting scheduling is essential for productivity. Here are the top five meeting schedulers, along with their key features, pricing, and website links.

1. Calendly
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• Features: Integrates with calendars like Google, Outlook, and iCloud; supports team scheduling; automated reminders and follow-ups; customizable event types.
• Pricing: Free basic plan; paid plans start at $10 per user per month.
• User Experience: User-friendly interface with straightforward scheduling workflows.

2. Doodle
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• Features: Group polls for availability; integrates with major calendars; automatic time zone detection; customizable branding options.
• Pricing: Free basic version; premium plans start at $6.95 per month.
• User Experience: Intuitive interface focused on group scheduling; minimal setup required.

3. WhenIsGood
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• Features: No sign-up required; easy selection of available times; results page to view common availability.
• Pricing: Free; premium features available at a low cost.
• User Experience: Minimalistic design; straightforward functionality ideal for quick scheduling.

4. Zoom Scheduler
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• Features: Seamless integration with Zoom meetings; calendar synchronization; customizable scheduling options; supports both virtual and in-person meetings.
• Pricing: Included with Zoom subscriptions; additional features may require higher-tier plans.
• User Experience: Integrated within the Zoom ecosystem; familiar interface for existing Zoom users.

5. Wenizoka
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• Features:
  • Collaborative scheduling: Participants can view others' availability in real-time, fostering transparency and quick decisions.
  • No sign-up required: Wenizoka emphasizes simplicity for both organizers and participants.
  • Real-time adjustments: Allows users to tweak times dynamically to fit everyone’s schedules.
  • Compatibility: Supports integration with major calendars for streamlined updates.
• Pricing: Currently free, as it is in its early developmental stage.
• User Experience: Wenizoka stands out for its innovative, user-friendly interface that focuses on collaboration. Its early-stage development allows users to experience cutting-edge features without cost, making it an excellent choice for individuals and small teams.