twenty-four hours
all of them are important
how will you use them?
As states the opening haiku, there are 24 hours in a day. I have written, rewritten, and re-rewritten this article countless times. Each time, I found myself disagreeing with what I had down. The golden trick to time-management in a world full of content, where your time is your most valuable commodity, is to use your time in a way you enjoy. This article went from condescending advice, to a vague, watered-down version of what I wanted to say, to the current state, of near-formlessness. This is anti-advice, not that it is saying what not to do, but that it is repeating to you something you already know, within yourself. Do what you want to do. If you want to sit around? Sure. You won't have perfectly optimized experiences, but you'll have survived another day. The actual advice I have is get a whiteboard. A physical whiteboard. You can write plans for what to do, exercise routines, analyze the form and structure of music or fiction, and so much more. The main thing I want you to do with this whiteboard is write lists. The most important of these is a bucket-list-lite. This should be things you're excited to do (you'll know if it's exciting enough if you can put an exclamation point at the end) this week or month (not year), likely from 1-10 in order of priority, difficulty, or causation. Here's an example.
So yeah, a whiteboard is one of the greatest investments in your life. Once you complete each task, check it off with a big, thick marker. This action is satisfying enough to be a little reward for completion, along with the reward of the experience you've just completed! The only next step is to begin.