Time Management
This collection of PDFs helps chart out how to spend day. It includes 6 pages
- Four day-dividing sheets
- A project sheet
- A time boxing sheet
The templates don't introduce many constraints. Adapt the papers to your work style. Consider labeling each box with a time. Schedule tasks as they occur to you, or record progress as it happens. The boxes can add a little routine and rhythm to your planning and record keeping.
Use these sheets to add a little consistency between each day's notes. Instead of a jumble of sideways notes, your paper will have some order. You can scan or photograph the pages. Toss the physical paper. Scroll through the work you've done as needed.
Save scheduled events for your calendar. Copy notes to the papers the day of or night before. Fill in with things you need to get done.
These sheets came out of my attempts to time-box/ pomodoro my free time. My workflow typically looks like:
- Label boxes with their times
- Write one task I can complete in that time chunk
- Fill at least 3 time boxes
- Work on just that task during the time-box period
- Squeeze in smaller tasks if I think they won't distract
