Comments on: Best of Both Worlds podcast: Our favorite time management tips

By: Bethany

Bethany — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 02:25:03 +0000

My favorite email hack is to “schedule send” emails that don’t need to be responded to immediately for 8am the following day. This way I get to enjoy inbox zero for longer, and don’t create the expectation of immediately responding.

By: Jami H

Jami H — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:44:14 +0000

I just wanted to share my support for utilizing kids’ activity times for personal time. During dance, piano or gymnastics classes I’ve read for leisure, or done school work or real work – I even plan that time into my week (those 1.5 gymnastics classes are long!). I do the same for indoor soccer practice. For outdoor soccer practice, I build in a weekly walk. I’ve scheduled catch-up calls with friends during these times (I just stay in the car). I used to dread gymnastics class, but having a plan for something I can do that’s not just scrolling has made it so much better!

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:45:20 +0000

In reply to Molly.

@Molly – I’m not sure they’re golden for anyone with little kids! Hence the desire for a re-think… 🙂

By: Molly

Molly — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:54:43 +0000

Great ep!! I would love a deeper dive into the Golden Hours! Mine are not so golden 🙂

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:10:47 +0000

In reply to Megan.

@Megan – I use Excel (well, really it’s “Numbers” – the apple spreadsheet app but it easily converts) and I use a 30-minute version. So it has the days of the week along the top, Monday to Sunday, and half hour blocks down the left hand side from 5 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. (this makes more intuitive sense for tracking a day than if the day starts at midnight…because I certainly don’t start the day at midnight!)

I believe Sarah uses a notebook…? She has very neat handwriting so she writes down the time and what she was doing and records it that way.

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:18:43 +0000

Hi! I maybe missed it (or need to go back to a prior episode), but what tools are you both using when you physically track your time? Is it an app? Or excel?
Thank you!