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What if we can take the benefits of single-tasking--focus, greater creativity, more time to relax and less stress, and faster completion of tasks, and add the mythical promise of getting more done by multi-tasking?
First, break your day into locations and activities. For example, Home, Commute, Office, Gym, Commute, Home, and Bed are my basic times within which I control my work. Next, ask yourself what tasks daily, weekly, monthly, or any other repeating schedule, do I have to do things like meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, calling customer service or tech support with extended wait times, grocery shopping, etc. For each repeating errand, I can calculate conservatively from experience how much time they take. Finally, I look at my next-actions or projects list and find items that can be grouped together and done during these times when much of my activity requires waiting, for example, while the laundry and dryer are going, I can accomplish two to four 15-minute tasks.
When I'm planning my week ahead, I just review my calendar for these repeating errands and I can quickly and easily fill that time in with more productive tasks.
Remember, in order for meta-tasking to truly be beneficial is to prioritize tasks where shifting focus is minimal and gives you ample time to finish. Set yourself up for success by having small tasks grouped together. Satisfaction is the goal here, not just efficiency.
ProdPod: Episode 98 -- The Power of Short-Term Challenges
ProdPod: Episode 97–Time Thieves, Time Thugs, and Time Terrorists - How to Combat Them So You Can Get Back to Being Productive
ProdPod: Episode 96–Time Thieves, Thugs and Terrorists - Who They Are So You Can Identify Them Efficiently
ProdPod: Episode 95–Effective Meeting Series: More Productivity Meetings With Robert's Rules, Part II
ProdPod: Episode 94–Effective Meeting Series: More Productivity Meetings With Robert's Rules, Part I
ProdPod: Episode 93–Gamification and Your Productivity
ProdPod: Episode 92--Rewarding Yourself for Productive Habit Development and Reaching Goals
ProdPod: Episode 91 -- What Do You Own?
ProdPod: Episode 90 -- Biology, Self-Actualization and Your Productivity
ProdPod: Episode 89 -- Multi-Sensory Productivity
ProdPod: Episode 88 -- Defining Happiness
ProdPod: Episode 87 -- Two-Minute Book Summary: The First 20 Hours
ProdPod: Episode 86 -- The Kaizen Way: What Are the Elements of Kaizen? with Sally Reinholdt (Part 2 of 2)
ProdPod: Episode 85 — The Kaizen Way: What is the Kaizen Way? with Sally Reinholdt (Part 1 of 2)
ProdPod: Episode 84 -- Two-Minute Book Summary: The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
ProdPod: Episode 83 -- 31 Folders Instead of the GTD 43 Folders
ProdPod: Episode 82 -- Procrasti-Doing
ProdPod: Episode 81 -- Productivity and Your Two Minds
ProdPod: Episode 80 -- Setting Up Your Workspace for Success
ProdPod: Episode 79 - Hoarding, Part III - How is hoarding treated and managed? with Professional Organizer Sally Reinholdt
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