Improving your productivity with batching
Steve Pavlina mentions on his various blog posts about batching. (There was actually one post specifically discussing it, but I couldn’t find it) Basically, it’s grouping related tasks and doing it in one session instead of spreading it the whole day.
For example, lets talk about checking emails. People who are always connected to the Internet usually have a compulsion to check their email at random intervals. That is a productivity loss, because most probably you are actually in the process of doing something else important. With batching, you say to yourself: “OK, I’ll just check all new emails every morning. Other emails arriving throught the day can be checked the next morning”.
I’m now in the process of applying it. Other than emails, there are RSS reader and various SNS that I use which can really waste time if you get into the habit of checking them periodically. Batching gives me extra time which is a luxury in our 24-hour day.
Tags: batching, productivity