Writing things down improves your ability to retain information and gives you time to process the information that you are writing down. Thus you waste less time trying to remember it
Distractions are everywhere. They arrive via email, cell phone, coworker inquiry, etc. I’ve found that cutting out all distractions for a set time is one of the most effective ways to get things done in less time. You can’t remain in hiding forever, but you can be nearly four times as productive while you are.
People who claim that there are no productive shortcuts in life have been brainwashed. There are productive shortcuts for almost everything you do. Finding and using them can save you a few minutes here and there on a daily basis. If you use a computer, learn the keyboard shortcuts for the programs you use most often. If you can permanently delegate one of your regular tasks to someone else, do it. Is there a route to work with less traffic? How can you hit two birds with one stone?
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I had lunch with my boyfriends mom and an his friends from back home. One of those people is the wonderfully talented personal cooking instructor Nicole Muvundamina. She is like your personal trainer for the kitchen. Cool right. Checkout at all the pretty food and wonderful advice she gives at The Fresh Kitchen
Switching gears between different types of tasks can be tough. It takes most people several minutes to get into a productive mental groove geared toward a specific type of task. Therefore, it makes sense to group similar tasks in an effort to minimize the number of rough patches, and thus wasted time, between task orders.
We’re all way too busy. We live and work in an age with infinite online and offline demands for our time and attention. And the end result is that we’re left with little free time to just breathe and be.
Sometimes our days are so crammed with things to do that an extra thirty minutes at the end of the day represents the difference between sanity and insanity. If you’re anything like me, you wish there were few more minutes in every day. Well, the good news is that there are always minutes to be saved and various ways to save them. Save enough of them every day, and you’ll have a few extra hours at the end of the week. Via DivineCaroline
I'll be posting sometime saving tips that I find helpful throughout the year. Enjoy!