Now that we have covered the top 5 time management techniques, I wanted to wrap up this series by talking you through how I manage my own time on a daily basis. This will be as detailed as I can make it without giving away information I am not allowed to.
As I worked my way through those 5 time management techniques, I found that there were bits and pieces of each that I thought were very useful. I enjoyed the quick hit sessions of focus from pomodoro for my daily tasks that were a bit more tedious or admin-ish. I liked the ability to block large chunks of time to do deeper work that came with Time Blocking. Those two systems come together to make my time management system tick.
What about the other three techniques? Currently, my focus can be all over the map, I have a full time job a Director, Software Engineering, I am the Host of this Podcast, I help run a Memorial Tournament for my Brother every year, and I have a host of passion projects a various stages of the business lifecycle that I try to give focus to every week. Those come together to build my philosophy of organizing, planning and executing on my work across all of those worlds to avoid them colliding. The Time Management Matrix is used to filter all incoming tasks and prioritize them, while Parkinson’s Law and the Pareto Principle come together to help me understand how to do balance and plan the urgent and important work across all my responsibilities.
This all culminates in my calendar and task list, which I am still trying to find the right tool for. I was using Google Calendar and Todist for a very long time. Recently, I have been trying out Motion and Google Calendar, with which I have found some success.
My system is far from finalized or perfect, but it’s constantly evolving and I am trying to find efficiencies and ways to take the manual work out of planning. You are welcome to try my way of planning and organizing, but I challenge you to try and find what works for your workload and mindset.
Let me know what works for you. I am excited to see what everyone else is doing as I am always trying to learn more in this space!
I hope this was helpful! Thanks for being here! Take care!
