Your "Scheduler"
Explore how to take control of your schedule by creating a reliable task management system. Learn to prioritize important work, say no strategically, and batch tasks according to your energy levels. Understand the impact of minimizing context switching to improve focus and avoid burnout as a software engineer.
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Get control of your schedule
The third category of habit concerns your scheduler (also known as a process manager). Does it drop tasks? Does it prioritize low priority tasks over high priority ones? Is it bad at task switching or terminating clearly stalled apps? If so, it may be buggy. Get control of your schedule. Create a single source of truth (per category), put everything in it, and make time for things that matter.
📝 Note: If you feel constant background anxiety and need a more prescriptive guide, the classic text on handling this is Getting Things Done. If that goes too far and you want ...