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

<p>Listen to Deep Questions: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/deep-questions/ep-169-how-do-i-manage-my-time-gTNFVbZvLQA/">https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/deep-questions/ep-169-how-do-i-manage-my-time-gTNFVbZvLQA/</a></p><ul> <li> <strong>Three requirements of time management</strong><ul> <li> <strong>Capture</strong>: don't store anything in your head. Your ideas, info, commitments, plans.</li> <li> <strong>Configure</strong>: make effort organizing. Gather relevant info in one place.</li> <li> <strong>Control</strong>: proactively make a plan for your time in advance: quarterly, weekly, daily</li> <li> <em>Constrain</em> (bonus!): figure out how to automate, consolidate interruptions with office hours</li> </ul> </li> <li>Actual tools used<ul> <li>Capture<ul> <li><strong>workingmemory.txt</strong></li> <li>shutdown: -&gt; go thru workingmemory -&gt; trello, gdoc</li> </ul> </li> <li>Configure<ul> <li>separate kanban board for every role - researcher, etc</li> <li> columns<ul> <li>"to be processed"</li> <li>"waiting to hear back from"</li> <li>"persistent initiatives"</li> </ul> </li> <li>daily: just add stuff</li> <li>weekly: reorganize and review</li> </ul> </li> <li>Control<ul><li>daily, weekly, quarterly, time blocking</li></ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>