For those who aren't as good at time management as others—what do you do to keep your head above water? What steps are you taking to improve it?
Share your go-to tips or hacks.

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Putting together an actual list of top priorities and making sure I knock those out. If my strike list for the day of must dos is too long then my top task is figuring out what I can offload and how to make that be ok. I also will do timed work bursts. Like set a timer for 30 minutes or an hour and make sure I stay on task the whole time, or only allocate that much time to a task that doesn’t warrant more than that.

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I do a high level estimate of what I can reasonably accomplish or need to do on a day. I then set up checkpoint reminders to force myself to stay on task, so basically breaking down a huge day or task into small manageable ones so it feels achievable. I’m also deadline driven so this works for me!

I use calendar invites (task switch), reminder on phone (start/ end times) or pomodoro (short 10–15 min timers).

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Focusmate, Blocksite, blocking my calendar for time chunks for specific tasks. Also just grinding through when I lose momentum after 10 minutes because something got difficult. There's no one silver bullet, try lots of things and use them in combination as needed.

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Focusmate, Blocksite, blocking my calendar for time chunks for specific tasks. Also just grinding through when I lose momentum after 10 minutes because something got difficult. There's no one silver bullet, try lots of things and use them in combination as needed.

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