Posts Tagged ‘schedule’

10 Ways To Be Productive in 10 Minutes

Most of my free time, except when I'm doing it on purpose, tends to come in short blocks. I rarely have 2 hours free, but might, over the course of a work day, have those same two hours in twelve ten-minute bursts.I realized recently that, for the most part, I waste all of this free time. Since it's such a short period of time, it seems to not strike me… Continue reading

July 13 2009 | By David | Tagged: downtime, efficiency, schedule, spare-time, time, work | 34 comments»

Calculating the Optimal Workday Length

There’s a lot of information out there on achieving work-life balance, and a common productivity suggestion is that you structure your workday. I’ve found that one invaluable tool for getting these two things dealt with effectively is knowing not just how much work you have to do of what kind each day, but how long to work for.This article is most relevant to freelancers and entrepreneurs since employers often dictate… Continue reading

April 22 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: schedule, structure, work | 9 comments»

GTD Refresh: Contexts and Calendar

In my first post in this series , I discussed the steps I had begun to take in putting my GTD system back in order. I started by outlining my life at the moment (especially my Areas of Focus") and sketching out a vision of myself in 3-5 years.The next step in my return to an orthodox GTD system is to reset… Continue reading

February 26 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: calendar, context, gtd, list, schedule, task, time-management | 17 comments»

Innovative Paper Planners (and more) from WeekDate

For any number of reasons, some people prefer paper to electrons for keeping track of their schedules, to-do lists, and other organizational needs. If you’re one of those people, you simply have to check out the products available from WeekDate. WeekDate makes one of the most innovative paper planners on the market, their namesake WeekDate Weekly Planner. The WeekDate is available in a number of attractive, stylish… Continue reading

January 15 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: calendar, list, organizer, paper, planner, schedule, shopping, weekdate | 5 comments»

When Are You Most Creative?

When are you at your creative peak? That is, what time of day do ideas flow most easily for you? What activities bring your best ideas to the surface where you can most easily gather them up?A recent survey by the Crown Plaza hotel group suggests that certain times and activities are more conducive to creative thinking than others [PDF download]. The most creative time, they found, was… Continue reading

November 10 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: capture, creativity, idea, rhythm, schedule | 17 comments»

Back to Basics: Your Calendar

One of the first things people do when they make the decision to “get organized” is buy some kind of calendar. It might be a dayplanner, a desktop “blotter-pad” calendar, a Palm or Blackberry, or some other kind of device or system they can schedule all their appointments and obligations in.Most of us instinctively understand that the key to good time management is knowing where to be and what to… Continue reading

July 25 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-basics, calendar, gtd, outlook, schedule | 24 comments»

8 Ways to Be Ruthless With Your Time

There are a million and one demands on your time and, whether or not those demands are legitimate, it’s hard to carve out the time necessary to take care of your responsibilities. You have to be ruthless with your time — you have to take care of important tasks before handling issues that just aren’t crucial. You have to set up your own rules for deciding how to spend… Continue reading

April 24 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: procrastinate, schedule, time-management | 16 comments»

12 Hours to Better Time Management

Work. Kids. School. Sports. Second job. Partner's job. The next great American novel. Your knitting circle. Remodeling the guest bathroom. Taking your car in for its 30,000 mile tune-up. An on and on and on -- it seems like we have things to do in abundance. What we don't ever seem to have enough of is time.

I think we all know what we should do, but the prospect… Continue reading

February 20 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: calendar, password, schedule, time, time-management, tool, web-app | 49 comments»

Do Someday Tasks Some Day

We all have those tasks and projects that we plan on doing 'someday'. The problem is that someday isn't very specific. Will you ever do these things? Someday, maybe; but how about we schedule these one day?Don’t worry about how silly or trivial they might sound. Don’t think about how ‘unimportant’ they are. If you genuinely want to do them they are neither silly, trivial or unimportant. Instead start… Continue reading

October 19 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: gtd, schedule | 2 comments»

How to raise the odds that it’s going to be a fantastic day

Got that Monday (and every other work-day) morning feeling? Here’s how to begin each new day as if you can’t wait to get started.

This is my 100th article for Lifehack.org. That set my mind thinking about beginnings and endings. Last week, I wrote about how to leave work gracefully, so it seems natural to follow that by considering how to start your working day on a truly positive… Continue reading

September 10 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: Lifestyle, morning, schedule, stress | 30 comments»

Holding It All Together On the Go

This week marks the beginning of the Fall semester for me, and as usual, I have a crazy schedule. I thought I might share some of the things I do to manage the frenzy that the life of an adjunct can be, in the hopes that it might give you some ideas about how to deal with the craziness of your own schedule.First, some background. I'm an adjunct… Continue reading

August 31 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: adjunct, computer, mobility, office, Productivity, routine, schedule, working | 18 comments»

21 Ways to Add More Hours to the Day

A twenty five hour day isn’t coming any time soon. As long as your feet stay planted on the ground here, twenty four is all you’re going to get. However, with a bit of skill you can squeeze out a couple more hours to add to your day. Here’s how:Step One: Remove Big ChunksThe first step to reclaiming more time from your… Continue reading

August 7 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: focus, Productivity, schedule, time | 62 comments»

Keep A Light Schedule For Productivity

Actually, Marc Andreessen at pmarca.com suggests that eliminating your commitment to scheduling all together is the key.This idea comes from a wonderful book called A Perfect Mess, which explains how not keeping a schedule has been key to Arnold Schwarzenegger's success as a movie star, politician, and businessman over the last 20 years.Want to meet with Arnold? Sure, drop on by. He'll see you if he can. But you… Continue reading

June 22 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: schedule, timemanagement | 7 comments»

HiTask is My New Favorite Organizer

I have been between organizing systems for a little while. I've tried a bunch of things: Google Calendar, Stickies (the built in Mac program that makes little Post-It notes), and a few easily forgettable PIM software apps. I've used Backpack in the past, and a few of the various To-Do software products that so many readers of Lifehack.org write or support.But my new favorite is HiTask.First, it's clean and… Continue reading

March 31 2007 | By Chris | Tagged: calendar, gtd, hitask, schedule, software, web2.0 | 19 comments»

Freelance Blogging: Why You Should Schedule

The best part of becoming a 'full-time' freelance blog writer is the freedom of time. Instead of my 9-5 Mon-Fri working week I can work when I want for as long as I want.This is great in theory, yet anyone who has turned to working from home has found this is fraught with pitfalls.

Why You Must Have A ScheduleWhen you have all the time in the world for work… Continue reading

March 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogging, freelance, schedule, writing | 8 comments»

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