Hello everyone and welcome to my post for this week. I wish you a good week and better than the last one if you had a rough one. Today I would like to talk about self-development. Something has caught my attention in the last few months. Here are great tips to help you save time and accomplish more than usual.
This is something I’ve been practicing for the last month. And as a blogger, we don’t have limited tasks unless we make one. However, this goes for any online content creator. If you want to do as many tasks as possible and still have time for yourself. Well, let’s find out how you can do that!
Great tips to help you save time and do more than usual.
I’ve shared before about how to manage time and tasks. And this time it will be different. Because the goal of this post is how to save time. Allow yourself to do other things, or if you want to add more tasks, do them.
That would be up to you and how you feel. But saving time would be a set of things that we do. Today I would like to share some great tips to help you save time and do more than usual. Things that I do when I want to save time.
Please remember that I don’t claim that I’m the best because I’m just like you, still learning and practicing. I will try my best to be the best version of myself. And I would like to share what I have learned with you guys. And I hope you find them helpful. You can also share anything that works for you, or if any of these you follow as well.
When I say to save time, I mean we use just the time we need. Don’t waste unnecessary time on something. Because you will still have more to do. And if you keep wasting, everything will pile up and it will be difficult to recover.
And sometimes you limit yourself to doing several tasks because that’s the maximum number you can do in the time given. However, sometimes you can do more by following these great tips to help you save time and do more than usual.
This will be for bloggers and anyone in general. It’s not limited to one as long as you have tasks to do every day. You will need this. I’ve given these tips to some of my family members, and we are doing it with my girlfriend. When we don’t do them and when we follow these tips, we find there is so much difference.
1. Make use of the timer method.
This is my favorite of all the tips. When I want to do any task, I set a timer for how long that task should take. Let me tell you, it helps me and my girlfriend a lot when we do it. So, I would highly recommend you do it.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a blogging task or any task in general. You will save a lot of time when you have a timer. Because you will stay focused until you finish it. Also, if there is any distraction, you won’t have time to be distracted.
Set a proximate timer and you can adjust how long you need. Avoid using more time than you need will help you a lot to save time. That’s why it’s number one on this list of great tips to help you save time and do more than usual.
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Using the phone to set the timer is my favorite way to do it. However, if you have other ways of setting a timer. That would be awesome. Don’t set a random timer in your mind. It’s not the same when you have the countdown.
When you manage to do this. Try to finish that task in a shorter timer. So, you can save more time. And you can use that time to do other things or more tasks than you usually do. It’s not going to be easy, but with more practice, things will get easier for you.
2. Short breaks to rest mentally and physically
I’ve said this many times, and I say it again. It’s not about how long you take. Because you might stop at any minute from being exhausted or feeling tired mentally. That means you didn’t finish any tasks. So, taking breaks helps a lot to ensure that you finish tasks as fast as possible.
Something we do is stretch or move around. You could watch videos or whatever. But, if you are a blogger. It will be good to stop watching the screen rather than keep watching the screen. So, it depends on what you do. Make sure to rest both mentally and physically to ensure that the process continues until all tasks are completed.
This will help you to gain momentum, which is very important to doing things. Therefore, these short breaks are perfect if you want to finish as soon as possible. Don’t try to stress yourself during these short breaks.
Since we don’t have time to talk during the day. I also take this short break to talk with my girlfriend. No business, no work talk. Just general talk and maybe a little flirting haha. So, make sure that you are well-rested during these short breaks.
3. Pay attention and track time.
Well, sometimes we don’t focus on this. But we must track time. Paying attention to time will help you avoid wasting time. It’s something we need to practice because we tend to forget to do this.
Even if you are busy working on your tasks. Make sure to take a few minutes to check the time. How much time is left for you? This way, you will ensure that you don’t waste more time and manage tasks as well.
Tracking time is important because if you don’t do it. Time will fly so fast that we won’t know where it went haha. So, I decided to always keep track of time and how many hours it took me to finish any tasks. And it helped me stay focused.
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This is going to be good when you set timers. You don’t have to worry about this if you are using a timer for anything. But if you are not doing it, then, always pay attention to the time and how many tasks are left to do. It’s one of the important and great tips to help you save time and do more than usual.
4. Don’t use the headphones/headset while working.
I just found this is a problem because when I have headphones on while working, I forget to track time. So, I decided to take it off and immediately felt the difference. Because I stay focused and present at the moment, and that helps me to do things quickly.
Having my headphones or headset on, always leads me to watch or listen to music. Sometimes it turn into a distraction for me and doesn’t let me finish my tasks. That will lead to wasting time on one task rather than finishing it and moving on to the next one.
Well, there is one situation in which you can use it. When you feel like you are not distracted by anything else. You can put the headphones on while working. However, it would be so much better without headphones or headsets.
This doesn’t mean you can’t listen to music. Because you can certainly listen to music or podcasts without headphones. It’s been a long time since I’ve been doing this and finally found out that it’s a big problem, so now I’m trying to stop wearing it while working. Since it helped me, I decided to add it to this list of great tips to help you save time and do more than usual.
FYI
For bloggers, even though it’s impossible or difficult to do it. Working without any music or distraction can increase your focus on the tasks. I’m still practicing this one, but if you want to try it. It will help you to save time and do things faster.
I wanted to add it to this list of great tips to help you save time and do more than usual. But I’m not 100% sure it does help bloggers. Because sometimes it gets boring and we need some distraction. So, I just put it in the FYI section. At some moments, I feel more focused when I don’t listen to anything.
The conclusion of the great tips to help you save time and do more than usual.
Thank you so much for reading until this point in this post. I shared some great tips to help you save time and do more than usual. Things that I like to do to help me save time and do more than usual. Be able to dedicate time to me as well.
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For me, getting up earlier has helped enormously! Thank you for sharing these ideas I will definitely use these x
That’s awesome. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts!
These are really good suggestions. I like to take breaks in between tasks or to break up longer tasks. I admit I do have some tv on in the background for noise, but it can distract me ha ha! Thank you for sharing.
Lauren
Thank you so much for your feedback!
I definitely need to work on taking breaks and timing myself (or separating things out into task blocks, etc.); this was a good reminder to try a few more things to help myself be a bit better organized with my time. Thanks!
Molly | transatlanticnotes.com
I agree with all your points. Especially the advice about setting a timer. As I have read somewhere you have as much time available to do something as you give to yourself. If you give yourself a full day to do the dishes it might take you all day. If you give just 5 minutes it will take you five minutes. Now that I work at my home and have no distractions I use no headphones and I am concentrated. While I was working at the office I had to use my headphones cause otherwise I just couldn’t work.
Thank you for sharing these valuable tips.
Right? I’m glad you agree with me. Thank you for commenting!
Fab suggestions! I never listen to music whilst blogging and I definitely think that taking breaks is really important for keeping motivation going. I love the sound of a timer method – I think that would really help with getting me to knuckle down and get on with it! Thank you so much for sharing.
Well, I used to listen to music haha. Thank you for reading and commenting!
These are cool tips to save time. I especially like #2 and #3.
I’m glad you like this. Thank you for reading!
Timers for sure help when trying to get things done in a timely manner and not get sidetracked. I also agree with not wearing headphones while working. Me, I write for a living, and listening to music distracts me (unless it is french coffee shop music).
Yeah, it does help a lot. Thank you for reading!
These are such great ideas! I have a metric ton to do in a day, so I needed these.
Thank you so much, I’m glad to know that.
Short breaks are so important. I take them throughout the day so I can recharge.
Yeah, it always help us to keep going.
There are some interesting tips here. I’m definitely a big fan of setting timers. It really helps me keep track of my productivity.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about it.
Setting a timer and using time-tracking software have greatly helped me with my productivity! Great ideas here.
Thank you for reading and commenting, your feedback!
I’ve heard about tracking time before – there’s something called the Pomodoro App, I believe. But actually, I think I’d rather use my phone, as you say 🙂 Thank you for sharing such useful tips!
Well, the clock would be so enough to set the timer haha. Thank you for reading!
I can never focus with music in my ear. Thanks for sharing! Great tips.
I see, sometimes I do some work with my music on haha. Thank you for commenting!
Great post. I use the timer method and I sometimes need music, but I also have periods when I have silence. Especially when editing blog posts.
I see, that’s awesome. I listen to music too. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts!
These are great tips. Just last year, we discovered the value of No. 4. Using headphones and listening to music while working felt more like a distraction than an actual motivator. Thank you for sharing these tips.
Thank you for reading and sharing your feedback!
I hadn’t heard of the timer method before, and I would have never thought of that on my own. It’s an interesting idea, I may have to try it
Well, you can try it. It does help me a lot to set a timer for everything.
Some good tips here. I always like taking short breaks throughout the day x
Thank you for reading and sharing your feedback!
Time flies so fast when I work from home. I easily get distracted and lose track of time usually thank you for your tips.
Yeah, time flies so quickly and we need to pay attention to it.
Oh yes! The timer method works best but remember NOT TO SNOOZE when you run out of time doing something. I use it for my exercising and it helps me a great deal!
Right? It helps me a lot to stay focused and finish things on time.
Time management is so important. And these are good tips for a good time management. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for reading and commenting <3
I very much needed this post so thank you so much for sharing this with us. You’ve shared some great tips, especially loving the timer use tip, I’ll defiantly be making good use of that one! Great post Xo
Elle – ellegracedeveson.com
Thank you for sharing your feedback! I hope they will help you.
Great tips/advice. I am always looking for suggestions to help make my life better. Just pinned so I remind myself to make these a “to-do” checklist.
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Waking up early and taking breaks really had been helping me for years. Your tips are good and realistic.
That’s awesome and thank you so much for your lovely feedback <3
I can lose track of time so easily and really need to start using a time block method. Or set timers.
Yeah, that’s a good idea. I hope you can manage to do that. Thank you for reading!
Great tips, thanks! I should try taking more short breaks as you suggest, that should help a lot.
Thank you for reading!
I have also found that headphones are a bad idea, but it varies from person to person. I also have stopped playing music in the background while I work- it distracts me and slows me down.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Wow! These are definitely amazing tips to be done by many. Saving time while doing more is like saying “Time is Gold”. Thanks for sharing this with us and hope to do it starting now!
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts!
Taking breaks is so important!
Yeah, thank you for reading!
Thank you for this gentle reminder. I totally agree with “Short breaks to rest mentally and physically” In my case, I usually lose track of time until things starts to make me feel burned out.
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These are amazing tips! We all need to save time.
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Been trying to do the Pomodoro technique and yes, I am also taking breaks and it is effective for me too. It makes me relax and I find some time for me to breathe.
I see! That’s awesome!
For me using the headphones actually help. I prefer wearing it to concentrate on work.
I see! That’s interesting!
These are so helpful, I will be implementing some!
Thank you so much for your feeback!