Wisdom in the Tangents Photography Podcast 119. Time Blocking and other Productivity Hacks with Ashley Freehan
Ashley is a brand photographer and podcast host (The Purpose Gathering) based in Mesa, Arizona. She coaches mom photographers to help elevate their side hustles, grow a profitable business while working less.
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Time blocking is a budget for you time. Instead of letting your time be spent on whatever comes up, you budget out how much time you'll spend on different tasks during that block of time.
Time Blocking Steps:
1 - Look at the week ahead of you and block out those times you have set aside to work.
2 - Create a masterlist of all your tasks for the week. Write out each of your tasks so you can organize them.
3 - Braindump and write down the things you need to do. So instead of shifting gears into another task, just write it down in your master to-do list, then you can stay in the same mindset of your current task.
Set a timer for 15 minutes and see how much of the task you can finished before the timer is finished. If it’s not completed, then set another 15 minutes and see if that task can be completed in 30 minutes of less.
Setting a time limit for your tasks will help you stay more focused because you only have so much time to work on that task.
Parents working from home, talk to your kids about your time blocking. Let them know that you have 20 minutes of work and then you’ll have 45 minutes to play with them. Giving them that timeframe will help them be more patient while you’re working and it’ll help you with bleeding in and out of work and family life.
Set aside the time to work on your time blocking. Pick an hour, set it in your calendar, and that’s your time block to work on your time blocking.
Mentioned in the episode:
Dr Laura Markhum - Special Time
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Audiobook - The Memory Making Mom by Jessica Smartt
What John is loving:
TV Show - Russian Doll (Season 2 on Netflix)
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