Instead, do a few things well. As productivity blog 99u points out, filling your time with tasks that only get a minimum amount of your focus isn’t really being productive. It’s being busy.

There are many reasons why you procrastinate. You might find it difficult to face your fears of not doing a specific task well enough. You might be put off by the unpleasant feelings you associate ...

Earlier this spring, I started getting loads of requests for help managing too-long task lists, and so I published this process for organizing them. Ineffective task lists make us feel like we have ...

Don't believe the multitasking hype, scientists say. New research shows that we humans aren't as good as we think we are at doing several things at once — but it also found a skill that gives us ...

“It’s the idea of the task which is often stopping you from doing it,” Dr. Steel said. “It’s so big you don’t know what to do, and since you can start anywhere, you start nowhere.” ...

Most of a person’s tasks, even all of them, could be individually rewarding and done for a good purpose, but taken as a whole they’re often too much. It’s certainly gotten this way for me.

Want to feel happier, lighter, less stuck? Try these fun daily activities. Monday Start Doodling Tuesday Write a Poem Wednesday Daydream Thursday Do 10% More There is a scene in the film ...

It feels good to cross things off of your to-do list—especially when you’ve got a heavy workload. Taking care of quick tasks, such as answering email or sending invoices, at the beginning of ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks artificial intelligence is more likely to change your job than steal it, at least in the short term. But either way, you’ll have to adapt now that tools like ChatGPT ...