Batching is Freedom - How to Create More Time in Your Day l Ep#141

Jul 25, 2022

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Prep Dish founder Allison Schaaf talks about different ways she uses batching to make life easier and to create more time.

Meals: The Prep Dish meal plans focus on batching meal prep. I also use batching for other meals not covered by the meal plans. Chop your produce all at once. It saves a lot of time! Similarly, you can double or triple a salad dressing recipe and use some of it as a marinade. Any time I make a recipe that freezes well, I double or triple the recipe and freeze some to save my future self time.
Laundry: My husband and I do laundry once every two weeks. This is so much more efficient than always feeling like you need to throw a load in.
Work Items: For example, I batch podcast episodes. I record at least a month’s worth of episodes at once rather than getting my microphone out each week. We use a similar strategy with newsletters and social media. I try to schedule all of my calls on Tuesdays so I don’t have calls distracting me every day.
Mail: I don’t sort through the mail every day. Some tasks like this don’t need to be done daily. I also choose the Amazon delivery day for receiving packages so I don’t have to break down boxes, etc. on multiple days.
Email: I try to check my email every 24 hours but if there’s nothing urgent, I either respond once a day or every other day. I do the same thing with text messages. Having my phone off is so much less distracting.

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