Do some planning or prioritizing—because you probably don’t do enough of these, and they’re usually a quick & excellent use of time. E.g.:
Think about which of these tasks are most important, and which you could drop or postpone, e.g. like this
Think of alternative ways you might do each task; e.g. delegate: get someone else to do part/all of it
Think of alternative ways to achieve the aims of each task/project, without actually doing it: ask yourself why you’re doing each task (come up with multiple reasons), then brainstorm how else you might achieve those aims (other than by doing the task/project). Identifying why you’re doing tasks also helps clarify how important they are (e.g. are you doing them just to please someone you don’t care about?)
Do some planning or prioritizing—because you probably don’t do enough of these, and they’re usually a quick & excellent use of time. E.g.:
Think about which of these tasks are most important, and which you could drop or postpone, e.g. like this
Think of alternative ways you might do each task; e.g. delegate: get someone else to do part/all of it
Think of alternative ways to achieve the aims of each task/project, without actually doing it: ask yourself why you’re doing each task (come up with multiple reasons), then brainstorm how else you might achieve those aims (other than by doing the task/project). Identifying why you’re doing tasks also helps clarify how important they are (e.g. are you doing them just to please someone you don’t care about?)
See also https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/five-minute-timers
Pomodoro is the phrase that immediately springs to mind.
A previous LessWrong post on someone’s use of this technique.