Time-Batching: The One Trick That’ll Boost Your Productivity

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I’ve touched on time-batching before, but I feel like it’s game-changing enough to warrant its own dedicated blog post.

So what is time-batching? Basically, you set aside a given about of time to focus on a specific task. That way, you’re not pulled in a hundred directions and can actually buckle down and work on one thing. I don’t know who created the myth of multi-tasking, but I swear to you it is bullshit. It takes mental energy to hop between tasks, and you’re just never as productive, but are somehow more exhausted. I feel like time-batching has completely changed how much work I get done.

Now that you have the basics, let’s get into how you actually do it. So here’s what I do: every day of the week, I batch my tasks. So on Mondays, I focus on my blog. I write blog posts and research new topics all day. I bang out like, 3-4 blog posts, and I’m basically set for the next week. Seriously, it’s such a time-saver because I’m never scrambling last minute to do something.

Another example is emails. Guys, emails are a bitch and take up SO MUCH TIME. But instead of refreshing my inbox 24/7, I set aside 2 hours in the day, say morning and afternoon, specifically to tackle emails.

What are the specific benefits of time-batching, you ask? Where do I start?

• Focus: I was initially introduced to time-batching through the Pomodoro Technique in my Productivity Planner. It’s unbelievable the amount of work you can get done when you’re razor focused on one specific task
• Reduces exhaustion: every task we do takes up mental energy. Think about it, you write a long email, think of the perfect Instagram cation, write a blog post, run out to take a picture. Just thinking about all of this makes my head hurt. Pouring your mental energy into one task allows you to get more done, AND have time left over for fun
• Organization: you will be shocked when you see how much more organized you become when you start time-batching. You’ll get through so much more on your to-do list since you’re not as scattered all over the place

If this doesn’t have you convinced that you need to try time-batching, I don’t know what will. Do you have any productivity hacks?

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