How I Consistently Study with a Full Time Job: My Scheduling Formula

[3:04] The second part of the day is reserved for activities which are high energy because I'm still buzzing at this point, and also activities that require a little less resistance to do. (High Energy + Low Temptation)

[5:45] Getting comfortable with not accomplishing tasks and using a calendar more as an inspiration and a guide as to what I want to spend my life with tends to be really, really helpful, and I found that going from not putting things in my calendar if I'm afraid I won't complete them because it will really bother me, to actually putting them in my... See more

[2:11] I keep in mind that I'm going to have less energy throughout the day and things are going to get more and more tempting throughout the day, so it's going to be much harder for me to resist things as the day progresses. Keeping these two things in mind, every single day of my week from a macro standpoint gets divided into three main parts.

[4:50] if you start something but you haven't finished it, there will be a part of your brain that's continuously focusing on that task, and you can use this to your advantage. If there is a huge project, ... it's really good to put a time in your calendar just to remind yourself that this project exists, ... even though I'm not consciously thinkin... See more

[12:59] And don't be afraid to overbook -- it kind of relieves your brain of having to memorize so many things and keep so many things stored, and also, it just helps you kind of have things in place and once they're there, it's actually that much more likely to do them.

[7:52] I will not book work in my calendar, I will only book the finished product in my calendar. [8:42] ...what this does is that it gives me full freedom but also a lot of forced deadline to get this thing done by then, so I'm telling myself I don't care when you do this, I don't care when you find the time, like just do it whenever, however fast... See more

[11:24] ...this will be physically blocked into my calendar ... it's not like this ... terrible thing that dictates my life and just schedules all my work things, it's kind of my life on a screen in a positive way, because I can organize it and put in whatever I want.

[4:18] The Mission Impossible Rule

[3:27] And the last part of my day is where I have the lowest energy and the highest ability to be tempted by other tasks, so this is where procrastination is very easy... this is for things that I would actually like to spend my time on, that don't particularly require huge amounts of energy. (Low Energy + High Temptation)