www.asianefficiency.com: The people who come to me for productivity coaching are already overwhelmed. They’re living in email, Slack, WhatsApp, and DMs. They feel like they never have enough time. If that’s who I spend my days with, I start assuming the whole world is drowning.
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I think that this is an interesting way to look at why people don’t think they have enough time on their hands. As someone who likes to stay busy pretty much all the time but also feels like I have enough time to accomplish everything I need to, I find it interesting that over 80% of people think they need more time. I also find the auditing that seems to help some people stay on track of their time management intriguing. I wonder why people feel the need to hire a productivity coach, especially when the coach is just telling them to use ChatGPT and to-do lists, as most of these people already do. I find the invention of this profession and the aspects of it especially odd, as the job of a “productivity coach” doesn’t necessarily seem real.
I really like the idea of an “I did it” list. I have spent the last 5 years of my life being controlled by my to-do list. I am so consumed by the never-ending tasks I need to complete that I find myself so distracted when doing anything for pleasure. When I spend time with my loved ones, work out, or even eat a meal, I’m always trying to come up with a way to multitask so that I can remain productive while doing mundane tasks. Can I eat breakfast while I commute somewhere? Can I read while I eat? Can I stretch while I…… It never ends, and I find it so exhausting. I hate this world we live in where we are constantly reachable. I envy the way my parents grew up and truly believe that recognizing the things that we achieve, rather than the things we’ve yet to complete, would help this mindset. I know I can’t just rewire my brain overnight, but I think it’s a good start.
The idea of “time auditing” your daily routine in order to pinpoint exactly where you may be losing time to distractions or where you have hidden free time is new to me, but makes a lot of sense. I know a lot of my friends found themselves stressed for time during normal high school life and seemed to always be running between different activities and events. Something like this I think could be good for them to do. I, however, don’t believe I’ve ever had the same problem. There are times where I was booked and busy between normal classes, theatre after school, and friend hangouts, but I’ve kept a comprehensive calendar for years now and have never been worried about a lack of personal downtime.
The recommendation to use a custom-GPT to help with your time management I think is a promising idea. This of course doesn’t replace a real person, but for someone just looking to better their time management it is a free/cheap method to do so. One would just need to be conscious of AI errors and mistakes, but for a low stakes problem it should work well.
I think it is actually really interesting and valid that people feel “time-poor” or that there are not enough hours in the day to account for the amount of work you need to do. While it can be true that there is not enough time to get everything done in an allotted time. That is a product of being overloaded with work and can not be helped. I also think sometimes there is enough time to get all your work done and it really comes down to how productive you are and the speed at which you productively work at. There are methods to increase how productive you are like study strategies or listening to certain music that promotes focus. Stewing in the fear and fatigue of not getting your work done or drawing in the amount of work does more harm than good and wastes time.
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