Episode 381

Time Management: Capture, Configure, Control [Cal Newport]

Cal's system for planning life and getting more done with less persistent background anxiety.

July 12, 202223m 11s

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Show Notes

Listen to Deep Questions: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/deep-questions/ep-169-how-do-i-manage-my-time-gTNFVbZvLQA/

Three requirements of time management
- Capture: don't store anything in your head. Your ideas, info, commitments, plans.
- Configure: make effort organizing. Gather relevant info in one place.
- Control: proactively make a plan for your time in advance: quarterly, weekly, daily
- Constrain (bonus!): figure out how to automate, consolidate interruptions with office hours
Actual tools used
- Capture
  - workingmemory.txt
  - shutdown: -> go thru workingmemory -> trello, gdoc
- Configure
  - separate kanban board for every role - researcher, etc
  - columns
    - "to be processed"
    - "waiting to hear back from"
    - "persistent initiatives"
  - daily: just add stuff
  - weekly: reorganize and review
- Control
  - daily, weekly, quarterly, time blocking

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