Here’s how I’m balancing being a full-time student, part-time intern, freelance writing, and creating the framework for a future business…
I’m slowly dying. Just kidding, but I am in a “sprinting” phase — probably overleveraging my time…But that’s a story for another time.
The secrets below ;).
It’s really simple actually. It consists of two rules…
Create a system that works for you.
Put your phone on silent in another room.
For #1, I use Notion — it’s my “Life Operating System.” In practice, it aggregates anything and everything I’m working on at any given point, sets due dates, sets recurring intervals, and automatically tells me what I need to do on a given day.
This has two benefits. For one, I’m actually able to keep on top of my deadlines. Two, it tells me what to do like a personal manager (i.e. I can’t make an excuse to take the day off).
For #2, well…this one’s simple. No phone = no distraction = more time.
If you make it inconvenient for you to get to your phone (i.e. turning it off and putting it in a box in another room), you’ll be much less likely to go through the trouble to get to it.
But to be quite honest — I’m probably close to capacity without sacrificing social and sleep.
#themillionimpactmission