Here is how I operate on:

Social Media

  • I check my social media accounts, once a day between 12-1 PM. Expect a delay in replies outside of that. If I check my social media account more frequently I develop anxiety and also not able to do deep work.

Email

  • I check my e-mails twice a day between 8-9AM and 12-1PM. Expect a delay in replies if it is outside of that. Checking e-mail more freuqently interferes with my deep work.

Slack

  • I check my Slack thrice a day between 8-9AM, 12-1PM & 5-6 PM. Expect a delay in replies if it is outside of that. Checking Slack more frequently than that interferes my deep work.

  • Please @tag me if you need anything more urgently from me. Otherwise of that my notifications are off. Checking Slack more freuqently than that interferes with my deep work.

Daily Schedule

  • Start with 750 words. I believe that writing helps me think. So I usually start my day by doing 750 words. If not at the start of the day I try to do it at the end of day.

  • Exercise in the morning. I want to exercise in the morning on an empty stomoach. If I push it for later in the day it doesn’t work.

  • Clean up to-do things at the end of the day. This is not a high mind intensive task and can easily done at the end of the day.

  • Podcasts while cooking and cleaning utensils. I like listening to podcasts when cleaning and cooking utensils.

  • Read the book at the end of the day. I like to tend the day by reading a book. It helps me reduce my digital time so helps me sleep better. Reading a book at the end of the day helps me sleep better.

Tracking Habits

I use a Google Sheet to track my habits that help me be on track.

Work on Weekends

To the extent possible, I try and avoid working on weekends. Sometimes I work on weekends to make sure that my upcoming week is relaxed and I am not stressed out. But too many times I have noticed that when I work weekends I feel burned out. And this even means when I am working in my personal stuff on the weekend which I enjoy I feel burned out.