Letters for Creatives - Find time for side projects | #68
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I feel like I am running out of time, after having a long weekend. I know that the main reason is that I did not spend time to write this letter when I have a long weekend. Not smart. Is there a way to make a day longer? Definitely. I feel double as productive when I wake up at 5am (when I don’t need to work). If I do so on a work day, I have 2 hours in the morning to myself. That does not feel like a lot. If I finish dinner and doing dishes at 8:30pm, I still have half an hour for side project (like writing this letter, creative writing, etc). I don’t have much time on weekdays. The only time left is lunch time during work, commute time and the weekend. MultitaskingBelieve it or not, I have been multitasking in the morning. For instance, I would get ready while I boil water in the kettle and do housework that last less than 5 minutes. Maybe I have been using habit stacking James Clear introduced. He pointed out that:
In this case, I can start to include habit stacks such as:
Christina Garnett used time blocking to get things done. GTD system works for some people too. Khe Hy integrated GTD in Notion.  Share this newsletter with your friends on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Whatsapp or Email. It only takes 30 seconds. Delightful collaboration - Zara x Earth HourThe way Zara invites people to save the planet is delightful. Finding ways to spend the hour in the dark next year? Look no further.  How CEOs Manage TimeMichael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria launched a study to track how CEOs manage their time. The fact that the CEOs in the study spent 62.5 hours to work every week reflects that we can learn something from them. At least we can spend 22.5 hours after work to do side projects if we want to. My only motive here is to find time for side projects and stay sane at the same time... Subscribe to Letters for Creatives to read the rest.Become a paying subscriber of Letters for Creatives to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content. A subscription gets you:
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