How to Scrounge for Between Time

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• Decline invitations. Curate a calm calendar. Your schedule is sacred.
• Clump appointments. Choose chunks of your day to be non-negotiably free for yourself.
• Adopt an unusual sleep schedule. Go to bed at 3AM or wake up at 4AM. Between Time abounds while society sleeps.
• Avoid Outside. Shop online. Use virtual doctors, mobile dog-groomers, grocery delivery, etc.
• If appointments can’t be avoided, separate busy brain from busy body.
• Track your time. Keep a captain’s log. You’ll find entire hours between the cushions of your calendar.
• Focus on progressing projects over completing tasks. Prefer prompts like “work on X for 25 minutes” insead of “finish X”.
• Make the main thing the main thing. Keep a short list of priorities.
• Choose low-hanging fruit. Don’t put yourself in planning peril. Don’t drown in murky deliverables. Tackle obvious tasks.
• Maintain a working-memory.txt file. Make your mind easy to offload and upload.
• Quash your perfectionism. Settle for less. You will never find the magic moment to make your magnum opus. Masterpieces are made in Between Time.
• Decide your defaults in-advance. Make important things inevitable. If you’re writing a novel, make your manuscript ready-to-go in 30 seconds. Make your most precious tools portable.
• 40 seconds is enough time to jot insights from fresh eyes. Context-switching causes creativity. Use your scattered schedule to unload and reload problems. Sometimes your brain can glean insight from seemingly unrelated content. Between Time is excellent for editing.
• Never fuss over interruptions. Take responsibility for your time and your mind.