Time Management: Capture, Configure, Control [Cal Newport]

Listen to Deep Questions: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/deep-questions/ep-169-how-do-i-manage-my-time-gTNFVbZvLQA/

• Three requirements of time management
  • Capture: don't store anything in your head. Your ideas, info, commitments, plans.
  • Configure: make effort organizing. Gather relevant info in one place.
  • Control: proactively make a plan for your time in advance: quarterly, weekly, daily
  • Constrain (bonus!): figure out how to automate, consolidate interruptions with office hours
• Actual tools used
  • Capture
    • workingmemory.txt
    • shutdown: -> go thru workingmemory -> trello, gdoc
  • Configure
    • separate kanban board for every role - researcher, etc
    •  columns
      • "to be processed"
      • "waiting to hear back from"
      • "persistent initiatives"
    • daily: just add stuff
    • weekly: reorganize and review
  • Control
    • daily, weekly, quarterly, time blocking