<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.rescuetime.com%2Ftime-debt-and-assets%2F&amp;text=Most%20people%20have%20just%202%20hours%20and%2048%20minutes%20a%20day%20of%20productive%20time.&amp;related">Most people have just 2 hours and 48 minutes a day of productive time. </a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.rescuetime.com%2Ftime-debt-and-assets%2F&amp;text=Most%20people%20have%20just%202%20hours%20and%2048%20minutes%20a%20day%20of%20productive%20time.&amp;related">Click To Tweet </a> Instead of <a href="https://blog.rescuetime.com/how-to-prioritize/">prioritizing </a>, delegating, <a href="https://blog.rescuetime.com/how-to-say-no/">saying no </a>, and <a href="https://blog.rescuetime.com/time-management/">being smart with our time </a>, we obsessively say yes, overcommit on our daily tasks, and work longer hours to "catch up". When we interviewed 800+ knowledge workers, only 5% of people said they complete their tasks every day . Instead, those unfinished tasks get pushed to tomorrow's list and the next day until suddenly your day is fully booked before you can even take on your most important work. As freelance writer <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/moneybuilder/2011/04/05/how-to-lift-yourself-out-of-time-debt/">Sierra Black </a>explains:

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For time management, the most powerful tool here is time blocking. <ul><li>Deep work like coding, designing, writing, or whatever your "core" work task is. </li><li>Shallow work like daily tasks, maintenance, updates, etc... </li><li>Breaks throughout the day to keep your energy levels high. </li><li>Buffers in between blocks to give you time to decompress and avoid attention residue. </li> </ul>

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"I never feel like I have enough time... It's the end of the day and I don't feel like I've accomplished anything I set out to... I feel like there's too much to do that I can't focus on anything!" If you've ever felt something similar to these sentiments, then you're most likely drowning in what's called time debt.

Are you taking on too much time debt? A 7-step guide to give you more time

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