
The intervals you choose will depend on your work and preferences, but, whatever you go with, set a timer, do your best to stay focused for that period of time, and then actually get up and take a break in between. It’s been said time and time again that the secret to getting more work done in less time is to work in bursts, with breaks in between. This is often called getting the low-hanging fruit-the rewards you can achieve with the least effort. You’ll look like you’re doing much more, but secretly with less effort. We’ve created a template to help you plan a more reasonable to-do list.įocus the majority of your energy on those tasks that are going to create the biggest results. Instead, assume you can only get one big thing, three medium things, and five small things done a day (fewer if you have a lot of meetings). Here’s a secret for you: Most to-do lists are way too long, which leads to overwork and stress when it doesn’t all get done. Check out our favorite tips and tricks below for being more productive, removing things you don’t need to be doing from your to-do list, and overall making doing your job a much more pleasant experience. The good news is, there are ways to do that (without being a total slacker). We want to get our work done more quickly, to not feel overstretched or overwhelmed, and to have more time for the things we really love. Even if you love your job, it can’t always be easy, and it can’t always be fun.īut, sometimes we want our jobs to be a little (or a lot) easier.

We all know that work involves, well, work.
