Discussion: Time management strategies and work-life balance

[maurolepore]

The great amount and quality of work that some people do seems impossible. Such people include @jennybc, @jimhester, @hadley, and many others from rOpenSci. What they achieve would not only take me a new brain, but also 10 lives, 60 marriages, and all of my mental health. What habits, strategies, and tools do they have and use?

In some countries kids learn time management skills early, at school. Not where I grew up, and likely now in too many other places. As an adult I learned some helpful strategies, but I continue to drift to bad habits and poor work-life balance. I would love to casually discuss this issue and learn from your experience.

[maurolepore]

Summary: Discussion on what habits, strategies, and tools people use to manage their time effectively, to achieve their goals at work and in life.

[aurielfournier]

A big part of how I manage, though I'm not sure I do it well, is by staying very organized.

Here are some links that detail my system.

https://software-carpentry.org/blog/2017/12/fave-tool-todoist.html

http://aurielfournier.github.io/how-i-stay-organized/