If you need help sticking to your 2024 resolutions, Hope offers three of her favorite productivity hacks:
1. Eliminate notifications: Mute 99% of your Slack channels, enable "Do not disturb" modes on your phone, turn off as many app notifications as possible, and actively click on "show fewer posts like this" on social media platforms.
The average person picks up their phone nearly 150 times a day. Translation: There's ample opportunity to choose what you want to see versus what algorithms want to show you.
2. Prioritize response times: Not everyone, nor every task, deserves first dibs on your attention. Group contacts and projects based on their importance to you.
3. Geofence your home: While I haven't yet gone nuclear and put my phone outside the bedroom at night, I have restricted myself from checking anything other than text messages anytime my body is in bed.
This prevents me from working up to the minute my eyes close and waking up to work.
