Time Management Tips

Pick Up Limes

(8 minutes)

“Managing our time well is not about squeezing more into our day, it is about simplifying the way we work, and working more effectively to reduce stress”

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  1. Brain dump
  2. Rule of threes
  3. Actionable items
  4. Goldilocks scheduling
  5. Recharge with stillness
  6. Moderate distractions
  7. Eliminate non-essentials
  8. Team up with people

 

Quitting Social Media: Detox Challenge

Lavendaire

(16 minutes)

 

This week vlog follows Aileen on her social media detox. The rules she lays out for this are very specific to her – to make the challenge more appropriate you could aim to keep the following rules for five days:

  • No checking phone for the first hour of the morning
    • Set an alarm for an hour after waking up to let you know you can use your phone
  • Delete all social media apps
    • Re-download them as needed after the challenge
  • Decrease notifications after the five days
    • (If you’re going to be looking at the app soon anyway, you’ll see all the new messages, no need to get a buzz for every single one)

 

Plus! Check out the app Space that Aileen uses.

 

 

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  • Spending mindless time on social media leads Aileen into a cycle of comparing herself to others and making herself feel badly
  • An article from 2015 showed that in the US, people spend an average of 4.7 hours on their phone a day.
  • She tried out the app “Space” to track time on her phone
  • She is doing a social media detox to reduce time wasted on her phone and setup a few rules for herself
    • No using phone first thing in the morning
    • Only checking email on phone once a day, rest is on the desktop
    • Delete every social media app, except for IG because it is her job to post photos
    • Desktop only for other needed social media
  • Find a happy medium of using social media without getting sucked in for hours