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Productivity tips for extremely busy people You run from meeting to meeting. Your inbox is up to the rafters (and you’re about up to here with it). You spend hours checking and double-checking documents, and as soon as you pull into your driveway at 7:30 p.m., your phone rings – again. You spend hours and hours working every day and still don't feel like you've made a dent in your to-do list. We get it. We’ve been there. And we know that there will never be enough hours in the day. But we compiled our Local Biz team’s favorite productivity hacks to help you make the most of the time you have. From planning your attack on the day to keeping email from getting you down, to dealing with those distractions that always seem to pop up, these tips will help you get everything done as efficiently as possible so that you finally have time for other things (like, you know, sleep).
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PLANNING YOUR TO-DOS Don’t overestimate the number of things you can do in one day. Even if you take 20 phone calls, plan a month’s worth of content and wrap up that report by 4:30, not completing that last thing on your list before the clock strikes 5 still can be deflating. Instead of creating a massive list of to-dos (and feeling frustrated when you don’t finish it), try making a 1-3-5 to-do list: plan to get one large task, three medium-sized tasks and five small tasks done every day. USE APPS TO STAY OFF YOUR PHONE Yes, you read that right. Everyone struggles to stay productive when their phone is right there, especially if their job revolves around social media management or Slack messages, but there are apps to help you cut down your screen time or stay off Instagram. We love Flora (which plants a tree when you want to stay off your phone, and the tree dies if you leave the app – cute, but effective), Moment for tracking screen time throughout the day and Flipd for locking apps that distract you (hello, TikTok). Want more productivity apps? See page 40.
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