Successful Time Tactic: Remembering Where I Left Off
All these posts about using time more productively reminded me of a book I read about 6 years ago called Time Tactics of Very Successful People.
The fact that I ever even read the book is completely random—my wife and I were staying in Chicago with one of her aunts, and I picked it off the shelf one evening for some bedtime reading. Despite my expectations, it didn’t put me to sleep…in fact, I really learned some good stuff!
One productive time tactic that stuck with me was ensuring that I start the day prepared. I don’t remember all the details of what the book proposed, but here’s how I took what the author wrote and adapted it:
Everyday, before I stop working for the day, while my mind is still fresh with the things I’m working on, I write a note stating where I left off and listing the 3-5 things I need to work on tomorrow.
As a result, when I start working the next morning, I haven’t forgotten what I was doing, and don’t spend the first 30 minutes of the day getting my barrings straight. Instead, I can jump right into the day and start getting stuff done.