228 | How to Get Stuff Done Using Timers + Pairing

Are you procrastinating about starting big projects because they are…too big? Do you have trouble staying focused long enough to make progress on…well, anything? Do you have pockets of time that feel wasted or underutilized? If you answered yes to any of those questions, today’s episode is for you.

Are you procrastinating about starting big projects because they are…too big? Do you have trouble staying focused long enough to make progress on…well, anything? Do you have pockets of time that feel wasted or underutilized? If you answered yes to any of those questions, today’s episode is for you. Today I’m sharing two of my favorite and most used strategies to get stuff done (and also the FINAL TWO strategies in this series): Timers and Pairing. 

What we discussed

• Creative ways to use timers
• A variation of the strategy of timers that requires no timers at all!
• Why timers work especially well for perfectionists and free-spirits
• What I mean by “pairing” and how it differs from a popular strategy for habit formation
• Creative ways to pair things you want to get done with pockets of “wasted” time
• An excessive amount of bathroom-related pairing ideas from the files of Sandy Cooper

LINKS (Some may be affiliates)

From this episode:

Better than Before, by Gretchen Rubin

Atomic Habits, by James Clear

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