Time management for a developer?

Question

Time Management

Good afternoon!

I am interested in how you manage time, how you distribute it in the most correct proportions between tasks of various kinds: direct work tasks, household tasks, health tasks, etc. Many probably have some life hacks, perhaps complex approaches to the problem. I think this question is relevant for developers, both beginners and experienced, because. especially in the life of a developer, it is necessary to assimilate a huge amount of information and preferably quickly. But no one canceled the deadlines and the fact that we are all living multicellular organisms. Specifically, I have problems with the speed of solving everyday problems. I want to do it neatly, which in my case means longer.

Answer 1

The best time management and productivity advice I've read is, if I'm not mistaken, David Hansson , but it's not accurate.
It sounded something like this:
If you are already devoting too much time to something, then let it be better things aimed at increasing energy:

• Get good sleep.
  
• Go in for sports.
  
• Watch your nutrition.
  
• Don't read the news.
  
• Engage in your favorite hobby if it boosts your energy levels
  
• Go on vacation regularly
  

Of course, not at the expense of other things. If you concentrate only on increasing your energy, then the rest of the spheres will catch up. For example, you will start solving tasks more effectively and will be less stupid at the monitor.
Hansson himself, by the age of 32 (now he is 40), managed to become a millionaire, write several books, build a business and not one, create a ruby ​​on rails framework, start a family, which also requires a lot of time and effort, and also win prizes in the championship world endurance race.

Answer 2

You can break the working day into blocks, look on the Internet. But this is not for chaotics (for example, I am chaotic). My theme is to write THREE key tasks for the day, and if something comes up during the play, then I write it down and do it right away or after completing three tasks. It's that simple.

Answer 3

I recommend the book "Jedi Techniques" by Maxim Dorofeev. He also has his own YouTube channel . There is a marathon going on right now .
I read a lot of literature, for me this is the best author:
1. There are no platitudes like "SMART", "Elephant divided into parts" and techniques that their authors themselves do not use in life.
2. The emphasis is not on the "time" resource, but on the "thought fuel" resource. Often we have enough time, but not enough "brain energy" for some tasks of strategically important (and complex) tasks. As a result, a person first "deals with the little things" without getting to important tasks, which creates the illusion of lack of time.
3. Fight against procrastination,
4. Systematic approach and practices.