#1. Time-blocking
Time-blocking is an easy time-management hack by Cal Newport that takes just a minute but leads to so much clarity in your day.
The night before, simply divide the coming day into 30-minute blocks (or 5-minute blocks if you’re Elon Musk) and assign tasks to them.
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