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This will be very helpful for people who create their own schedules or work remotely from home - if you often find yourself spinning wheels, feeling directionless, and waste a lot of time, listen uppp. Even if you work a more traditional 9-5, you can certainly take many of these principles and apply it to the blocks of time you DO have control over.

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1. Write down your recurring daily and weekly tasks

🙋🏻‍♀️Here are some of mine:

• checking/responding to emails
• writing weekly newsletter
• writing video scripts for YouTube, short-form, & partnership content
• film video content
• content planning across platforms & small biz
• pack small biz shop orders
• meetings

2. Group the like-minded tasks together and assign it to your very own categories

^ Copy the list above and past here - add your own categories next to it

🙋🏻‍♀️Here are examples of my categories: admin, computer work, creative/content creation, writing/projects, meetings, self-care (yes, schedule massages + workouts on your calendar!)

• checking/responding to emails - ADMIN
• writing weekly newsletter - COMPUTER
• writing video scripts for YouTube, short-form, & partnership content - COMPUTER
• film video content - CREATIVE
• content planning across platforms & small biz - CREATIVE
• pack small biz shop orders - PHYSICAL ERRAND
• *meetings, meetings, meetings - FACE IS NEEDED this will make sense in a bit lol

3. Can some of the above tasks be dedicated to certain days?

Meet 🥔Potato Days = admin / computer work (a.k.a. days where I don't need to see anyone, and I can look and feel like a potato all day and still be thriving 🤩)

These are the days when I answer emails, edit video footage all day, record voice overs, and write content.

⬅️ Hair usually lookin' like this.

My designated potato days are usually on Mondays and Wednesdays.

My creative + content days are on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This usually requires a lil mascara and me doing my hair (or wearing a hat). These are the days I take meetings, shoot content, and therefore, need to look (and feel) confident n' presentable!

By grouping likeminded tasks together, I'm able to focus more deeply and avoid context-switching. Also, as a content creator, it feels good to know some days I just don't need to be "on" for anyone or anything except my potato self.

If you can't dedicate entire days to a specific category of tasks (like potato-ing 🥔), start small.

<aside> 💡 Instead of checking your email every hour of the day, can you block out certain times and only answer 2-3 times per day?

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My task-batching will probably look very different from yours, but this can give you can idea to jump off of!

Here's what task-batching can ALSO look like:

• 9:00 AM - Check/Answer Emails
• 10:00 AM - Meeting
• 11:00 AM - Meeting
• 11:00 AM - Deep Focus Mode - writing report
• 12:00 PM - Lunch Break