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Hey, I am a student developer who is really into productivity, and as a programmer, I don't want to spend any more screen time than necessary.

So I developed an app to help me plan my day so I don't have to be stressed about many things the next day.

I think this community would benefit from my product.

The app has a premium subscription because as a student I need to support myself somehow, but if somebody can't afford it I am always ready to give out some promo codes :)

LINK: https://apps.apple.com/si/app/flownote-to-do-list-planner/id1669330175

I tried several calendar softwares but none has the functionality that I am looking for.

Which is this:

When you move a task block down it pushes all other blocks downwards together with it.

So that you don't have to move each block individually everytime something takes a bit longer to do.

This especially with recurring habits that makes you click off the pop up everytime you try to move it. Which is so annoying.

I am shocked that so many softwares are lacking this intuitive feature since I am sure that a lot of people have this issue. Lmk if you know of any softwares that does this

I've noticed that the time i spend on games is not exactly the problem, it's how I feel about the game I play.

When I am invested in a game, I lose motivation to study, but when I am not investing into any game (but still play the same game), I feel so excited and motivated to study and work.

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It's as if I have an "investment" tank, and if I spend it in games, I can't use it for studying.

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But I see some people that play the same games and spend more time, but they don't feel the "investment".

I can get into that mindset sometimes, but I always slip back into investing.

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How can I play games, without feeling like it's an investment that I have to keep coming back to ?

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I am 22f i have done graduation in psychology and now i have changed streams and am doing design (graphic, ui ux, 2d).

I feel that my biggest problem is that i don't take things seriously. I have always been above average without really trying, but have had the pressure to perform well. Now i am scared of taking something seriously or give my 100% and not performing well. Vain efforts typpa thing.

Now even though theoretically i understand this, i don't know what to do practically to start taking myself seriously. I want to stop procrastinating, start being more consistent, I wanna give my 100% but I don't even know what that looks like, I want to not give up and bring life to my imagination but idk how to do that??? It feels like i have so much to do but no time.

TL,DR: i dont take myself seriously and despite the self awareness and insight, idk what to DO to achieve seriousness and consistency in my actions and work.

Hi everybody, I realized I have too many attention grabbers in my daily life. I wish to focus on life changing activities involving learning : learning how to code, learning new languages… these require long terme commitments. How to you stop watching Netflix, instagram, TV,… since you can’t do everything in life, and I don’t even talk about keeping physically active, socializing… ?

I have ADHD and about to start with a coach when I find one.

My worst skill by far is time management. All I have for this is to follow a daily routine/sequence.

My job has lots of tasks, it's hard to ascertain accurately how long each will take. Part of the reason for this is my organisation is very lean and very few people have time to consider time efficiency of how we do things. So there is scope to make tasks quicker.

But I never get to this because I'm drowning in tasks that expand to full the time.

I once spoke to a counsellor who said time is a resource to be managed. I was like what?! People are managing time as a resource? That blew my mind as I am generous with my time and I can't see time I suppose so never thought of the goal of managing it.

I can prioritise and make a list for the day and estimate time and start tasks and I have a kan ban board where I move tasks from doing to done. But I still never get them all done because everything takes longer.

I feel like I need to think more about key tasks to how I can do it quicker.

Short version - what is time management to you and how do you do it?

Hello fellow Redditors,

I find myself grappling with a persistent issue that I believe many of us can relate to: taking time for granted and struggling with procrastination. Despite being fully aware of the importance of time and the consequences of procrastination, I often find myself sleeping for longer hours, rounding up time estimates for tasks, and hesitating to tackle important tasks head-on.

I'm reaching out to the community in search of insights and strategies to overcome these challenges and reclaim control over my time and productivity. Specifically, I'm curious about the underlying reasons behind these behaviors and how I can implement effective techniques to combat procrastination and start taking decisive action immediately.

I've heard about the '5-second rule' as a potential tool for overcoming procrastination, but I'm not sure how to apply it effectively in my situation. Additionally, I'm eager to learn about hardcore techniques for time management that can help even the laziest among us take charge of their schedules and achieve their goals.

If you have any personal experiences, tips, or recommendations to share, I would be immensely grateful. My ultimate goal is to break free from the cycle of procrastination, make the most of every moment, and live a more fulfilling and productive life.

Thank you for your time and support!

I am a student and i am currently using calender for my time management, but it seems not enough. I can write all the deadlines of my tasks but it is still not as good as i expected. it works quite well at first. but after some time i started to become a deadline fighter again. i just see the deadline and i was chasing doing the tasks 1-2 days before.

Example: today is monday i have 3 tasks deadline on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. i just do my first tasks from Monday to Friday and no time to do the remaining tasks. How can i allocate time well?

Also an important thing is that i am a lazy guy. I just cant pay a lot of effort to do things until the deadline coming (like doing 20% of work on first few days and rushing the remaining at the last day). With this working pattern i can NEVER finish tasks well. How can i improve?

Also i am very easily distracted by side tasks like i am telling myself to do a workout, tiding room etc. i mean these are not bad habit but i only do them when i am having other important tasks. And after doing them i started to blame myself and it even made my mood bad.

I stopped those activities i considered time-consuming (watch youtube, ig, making figures) but my time and productivity is not increased on doing those school assignments. idk why the times just seem to go away and i don't have more time.

Anyone have any tips for managing your time when you're the one that everyone else is delegating their tasks to? My manager doesn't "get it" even though I've explained it to her. There aren't enough hours in the day to do the things everyone else delegates to me along with my own work. Manager has put me on a PIP...and says, "I give things to XXX to do because I don't trust that you'll get them done." What she doesn't know is that XXX just delegates it to me anyway (and no, I'm not going to be that person who throws her coworker under the bus).

I'm maybe 10 years from retirement, so I'm happy being the peon here. I left a higher-pressure job, even took a cut in pay to escape the toxic environment at my prior job. But honestly, I just feel like I'm getting dumped on here and my manager isn't listening to me. I went to my HR rep about the PIP...only to find out she and my manager are friends and had already discussed it.

Any tips?

NOTE: I am actively sending out inquiries about jobs, so I'm hoping something good comes along, but I actually love the place I work and I'd really like to be able to stay. Just making sure I have a backup plan in case I don't make it through this PIP.

ETA: I work in a University legal dept with 6 attorneys, 2 paralegals, and an executive assistant; so it's 9 people delegating all their menial tasks to me (as well as a few not-so-menial tasks) on top of the regular duties of my job. I think my original posting may have made it sound like there was just one person delegating things to me.

I always thought I never had enough time. These thoughts came from that I had full time job (developer) and ongoing bachelor degree study.

Right now I don't work anymore but still struggle to do important stuff for me daily, I don't know what I do because I never get things done.

For example: I have a todo list on notion to do daily: meditate, run, practice piano, finish my project ( which has last steps left). I had this daily on this week but I only ran, thats because I had planned with my friends and I couldn't miss it.

Could you please help me? How can I manage my time? Maybe I spend most of time procrastinating?

For years, I approached managing my inbox like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. 🔨🐹 No matter how many messages I deleted or replied to, there were always more popping up to take their place. It was exhausting.

But then I had a lightbulb moment.

Instead of thinking of email management as a one-time task to be completed, I started viewing it as a daily practice - like brushing my teeth or making my bed. and that simple mindset shift has made all the difference.

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Here are the 5 key habits I've developed that have helped me transform my relationship with email:

1— I sort and organize my emails religiously, using Gmail's auto-sorting tabs and custom labels to ensure I never miss an important message. If I see a message with no labels, I create one.

2— I keep my inbox clutter-free by immediately acting on every new email I receive. If I can't respond right away, I do either of these — archive it, delegate it, or defer it for later.

3 — Now there are specific time blocks for checking my inbox (30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon), and I stick to them like they're sacred. I even let my clients know about my email schedule, so they know when to expect a response. I use the Sunsama app to remind me about these slots.

4 — If I haven't read the last 4-5 emails from a newsletter, I take that as a sign that it's time to opt out & unsubscribe from it.

5— Auto-response is an underrated tool. I use it to manage expectations and keep my contacts informed if I'm going to be unavailable for an extended period so they don't keep emailing me.

This is a start but I want to get better at managing emails. If you have any hacks that are simpler, but extremely useful please do share.

I strongly believe that energy management is crucial for effective time management. Personally, I've found that scheduling tasks around my circadian rhythm greatly enhances my productivity. (My friends and I even developed a calendar app that helps people schedule their days with their energy levels in mind, using health data from wearables and smartphones)

I'd love to hear any tips or strategies you have for managing energy. Feel free to share your thoughts!

I am currently a Sophomore in High School and have quite a few things on my plate currently. For context, I am an academically driven person, I am active in my community, and an athlete. Here's a list of the things I have to manage.

• School (7:45 - 2:15PM)
• School work
• Computer Science ( aspiring to major in, took an APCS level class previous year, self studying for when I take the real course and because I would like to get ahead)
• Precalculus Acceleration ( I am currently taking Algebra 2 and am taking this extra course to skip precalc and move straight to CALC AB. This class is also a self study, but have until MAY 31'st 2024 until I take my first midterm test for this course)
• Volleyball ( Practice is from 2:45 - 5:30PM)
• My Relationship ( almost 2 year relationship, but ever sunce the start if this sophmore year we have barely ahd much time together)
• Family time ( this doesn't happen too often, parents are usually working but noones times match up and when out times do match up, I will always drowning myself in work to make up for the time I didnt spend doing my work)
• Self care + self improvement ( I mean this as I just would like to be more in touch with myself and to understand and feel more comfortable and at peace)

From this list, it shows I don't really have much time through the day, I really need help to block out my day, or to plan this out, or any help honestly. OR if I should make adjustments and how I could possibly make those adjustments.

I'm 17, and will be starting college immediately after high school. I'm in 11th grade.

When did yall move out of your parents houses? I'll have to move out right after high school for personal family reasons, and I'll have a certification in phlebotomy. How did yall keep up with work and school? I'll have to work nearly 40 hours a week to get by, but I'm also planning on majoring in biology and minoring in politics. I plan on going to med school afterward. How do you balance it? Is it possible to go to college and work full time each, with that major? How can I get extra money? Someone suggested to me that I give blood for payment, but I have a health condition that would put any receiver of my blood in danger. Any advice is welcome.

As a small business owner, I used to constantly feel overwhelmed and like I was always putting out fires instead of making real progress. I knew something had to change if I wanted to avoid burnout and actually have time for my family and hobbies outside of work.

That's when I discovered this eye-opening time management exercise from legendary consultant Peter Drucker. Here's how it works:

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1. Log your time in detail for a week. Don't just guess - use an app or timer to track every task. I use Sunsama app. Compare your planned vs actual time. If it's difficult to track, break big tasks into sub-tasks.
2. Cut the fat. Review your time logs and ask: What tasks are pure time-wasters I could axe entirely? What could someone else handle? What am I doing that wastes others' time too? If you're paid for unique skills, delegate the rest.
3. Block your time intentionally. Batch similar tasks into focused blocks - e.g. all meetings 2-4 pm, deep work 9-12. Or theme days, like ops Monday, or strategy Tuesday. Always leave buffer time for unexpected tasks.

Applying this, I've reduced wasteful activities, leveraged my unique skills better, and get way more done in less time through deep work blocks. My stress is lower and I have better balance.

It takes discipline, but I'm convinced effective time management is a must-have skill to avoid burnout as a leader.

Have you tried anything like this to improve your productivity and work-life balance? Would love to know.

Right now, I’m in high school doing a lot

I’m taking a pool of classes, each of them difficult, but ones that I am very passionate about. I specifically cut off lose honors or AP’s that I knew I wouldn’t do well in or know I’m doing just to do. With this, I am also required to do a sport by said school. This leaves me getting home every night at seven, and finishing homework at least at 9:00 and at most around 11:00.

With this, I reserve Friday nights and Sunday to spend time with my friends and family with Saturday being weekend homework day with Saturday night being friend and family time too.

The dilemma is this: I have no idea when to do my hobbies

I love practicing guitar and writing on my free time, but I don’t want to interject into time I believe I really need to have with people, especially because all of my friends and family aren’t in my school or aren’t around a lot. I have no time during the week either with a packed day.

Honestly any advice would be greatly appreciated. I feel as if there should be a solution I’m simply overlooking, but maybe these is nothing I could really do other than cut off some hobbies or family time.

Here's a simple rule get rid of those maybe-someday tasks. Because entrepreneurs rely mainly on self-management by the nature of their profession, I think many here can benefit from this.

• Estimate how long it'd take you to complete the task if you work solely on it. (e.g. make a proof-of-concept application for an area of interest - 8h)
• Take a multiplier (e.g. 10-20x) and multiply it with the time. (8h * 10 = 80h) That timespan from now, within the limits of your available time, will be the deadline. Taking the example above, you need to create the proof-of-concept within the next 80h of your available time. Otherwise, you shouldn't do it at all. Assuming you have 10h of free time every week, your deadline would be in 8 weeks.
• For smaller tasks, that take 1h or less to complete, group them by week. Sunday of the week would be the deadline. If you have a lot of smaller tasks, schedule them for the next week(s). Scheduling them is completely rational.

Choose an appropriate multiplier depending on the amount of such maybe-someday tasks you have, how much time you want to have before working on the task (for thinking about the method of execution or better alternatives), and how fast you want to go. BTW, it's normal if you don't get to do most of those tasks. The fact that they are maybe-someday-tasks itself means that they are not important enough to be of high priority. This method works by creating scarcity (only if you actually hold yourself accountable to the deadlines), forcing you to prioritize. However, I would not use this method on high-priority, very-low-urgency tasks - you have to do those, and therefore any self-set deadline would have no meaningfulness.