Bucketing Time
- The 4-Hour Work Week
In a world that requires multi-tasking and multi-apping, it can be a bit much. A while ago I read The 4-Hour Work Week (http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/). While I can’t image the author’s lifestyle, I did like some of his ideas on managing your time while at work. My favorite was bucketing your time. For example, the author sets times during the week to look at his email and respond.
In this fast paced world it seems impossible to only look at your email twice a day. Every once in a while I try, and then my email addiction takes over. I often wonder if I would be more productive if I did not constantly monitor my email and social networks. I have heard that when multi-tasking it takes your brain longer to refocus from one task to the next and therefore making you less productive. I am going to try an experiment tomorrow and will report back. I will only check my email at 10am and 4pm – let’s see if it works.