Time Management anyway here’s the stuff that actually helps me not completely hate my life in 2025. zero perfection, just slightly less chaos.
- hard stop at 6:30 p.m. (or 6:47… or 7:12): My alarm literally says “GO HOME YOU ARE HOME IDIOT”. When it goes off. I’m supposed to close the laptop and walk into the living room.
- block life first or it never happens i put “make dinner / order indian / stare at wall” in my calendar before work stuff. sounds dumb. works scary well. monday currently has a pink block that says “COOK OR CRY” at 6:45 p.m.
- the 4 p.m. rule anything that pops into my head after 4 p.m. gets one question: “is anyone gonna die if this waits?” answer is always no. so it waits. my heart rate thanks me.
- one-task fridays friday afternoons = exactly one soul-crushing task i’ve avoided all week. finish by 4 p.m. then weekend starts early and feels like i robbed a bank.
- fake commute (yes i’m serious): i put on shoes, walk around the block once, come back in like i just got home from an office. takes 8 minutes. tricks my brain into relaxing. i’m not proud but it works.
- tell people you’re offline (awkwardly) add “offline after 6:30 p.m. EST” to my email signature. felt rude for 3 days. now nobody messages me at night. witchcraft.
- sunday 15-minute reset
- empty inbox (or get it under 30)
- block life stuff first for the week
- write monday’s 3 tasks takes 15 minutes, kills sunday scaries. mostly.
i still screw up. tuesday logged back in at 11 p.m. because anxiety won. But it happens once a week now instead of every night so… progress?
pick one tip. just one. try it tomorrow. your cat will thank you.
