From the course: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Blinkist Summary)
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Schedule work and free time
From the course: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Blinkist Summary)
Schedule work and free time
- [Narrator] Blank number four, scheduling both work and free time is essential to restoring energy. When you get home from work or running errands all day often all you want to do is well, nothing. And for lots of us that means, having no fixed time slots where we have to complete tasks. But ironically enough we end up stuck to the same routine every night. We watch TV, scroll through our phones, or stare at our computers, then when it's finally time to go to bed, we feel more tired than when we got home. Leaving us depleted of energy for the next day. How can you avoid that situation? By scheduling everything you do you'll free up time for being mindful of how you spend it. At the start of every workday, create a schedule that is divided into blocks of at least 30 minutes. In this schedule you should set both work and personal tasks like time to relax, eat, or catch up on email. It's inevitable that your schedule change…
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