What are some habits or ways you manage your life in order to feel like you have more time (or better yet, actually have more time)?
June 21, 2025
Curious to know about any habits/ways to frame your thinking that minimize the (real or perceived) feeling of always being out of time.
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I don’t have any social media apps on my phone.
I drew out a routine, made sure I had “Me” time baked in, & I manage my screen time
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No social media. Only use YouTube and Reddit. And when I see that I’m getting on either of those more often I delete Reddit for a while to get it under control. YouTube is always on my phone mostly bc of tutorial stuff.
If i’m cooking and I need to wait for something to boil I’ll wash some dishes while I wait. So I’m not just standing around on my phone and at the end will have less dishes to wash.
My meal prep is somewhat different. When I have time on a weekend I’ll do the following:
1. Cut up an onion and place it in a container.
2. Peel and cut garlic. Place in a container with a little bit of olive oil. Or peel and cut garlic and freeze in small cubes.
3. Make ice coffee for the week and my own creamer (healthier and cheaper for me).
4. Use a rice cooker (not meal prep but having a rice cooker saves so much time and don’t have to worry about your rice burning). So during the week I can take out onion and garlic ready to cook. Saves me a bit of time each time I cook. My coffee is super easy to make since it’s all ready and it’s cheaper than going out to buy it and saves me time from going to an actual coffee shop.
Also unpopular but I don’t wear makeup on an everyday basis. I only wear a bit when I need to look extra nice like a job interview or party. I believe we’re all beautiful in our own skin so no need to hide. Again that’s just me but not wearing makeup saves time since it’s one less step in the daily routine.
Fold your laundry as soon as it’s done in the dryer. Won’t be wrinkled so you won’t have to iron as much. The only thing we iron in this household is my husband’s work clothes and even then he doesn’t do it all if it looks good.
Also put your laundry away immediately. You’ll have nice clothes to wear every time and won’t be digging thru a hamper which will eventually get wrinkled and would have to iron.
A few I could think of while I breastfeed lol hope something helps
Managing work is the big one for me. I finish work at 4pm and don’t engage with it again for the rest of the evening. Like I’m not contactable after that hour and I don’t think about work at all. I used to occasionally feel the need to either do work after my day had officially ended or worry about it in the evening. So work was taking up so much time, outside of actual working hours. Now I finish work, work out or go for a walk to like shift modes, and then fully disengage from it.
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I have a work laptop and spare time laptop and use my iPad mainly for work. When it’s a work device I don’t have any social media apps downloaded and don’t go to their websites. I multitask when possible while doing some chores at home.
I started planning my day the night before. Just a simple to-do list. I also group similar tasks together and turn off notifications when I’m focusing. Saying “no” more often helped too. Makes me feel rushed and more in control of my time.
9 comments
I don’t have any social media apps on my phone.
I drew out a routine, made sure I had “Me” time baked in, & I manage my screen time
[removed]
No social media. Only use YouTube and Reddit. And when I see that I’m getting on either of those more often I delete Reddit for a while to get it under control. YouTube is always on my phone mostly bc of tutorial stuff.
If i’m cooking and I need to wait for something to boil I’ll wash some dishes while I wait. So I’m not just standing around on my phone and at the end will have less dishes to wash.
My meal prep is somewhat different. When I have time on a weekend I’ll do the following:
1. Cut up an onion and place it in a container.
2. Peel and cut garlic. Place in a container with a little bit of olive oil. Or peel and cut garlic and freeze in small cubes.
3. Make ice coffee for the week and my own creamer (healthier and cheaper for me).
4. Use a rice cooker (not meal prep but having a rice cooker saves so much time and don’t have to worry about your rice burning). So during the week I can take out onion and garlic ready to cook. Saves me a bit of time each time I cook. My coffee is super easy to make since it’s all ready and it’s cheaper than going out to buy it and saves me time from going to an actual coffee shop.
Also unpopular but I don’t wear makeup on an everyday basis. I only wear a bit when I need to look extra nice like a job interview or party. I believe we’re all beautiful in our own skin so no need to hide. Again that’s just me but not wearing makeup saves time since it’s one less step in the daily routine.
Fold your laundry as soon as it’s done in the dryer. Won’t be wrinkled so you won’t have to iron as much. The only thing we iron in this household is my husband’s work clothes and even then he doesn’t do it all if it looks good.
Also put your laundry away immediately. You’ll have nice clothes to wear every time and won’t be digging thru a hamper which will eventually get wrinkled and would have to iron.
A few I could think of while I breastfeed lol hope something helps
Managing work is the big one for me. I finish work at 4pm and don’t engage with it again for the rest of the evening. Like I’m not contactable after that hour and I don’t think about work at all. I used to occasionally feel the need to either do work after my day had officially ended or worry about it in the evening. So work was taking up so much time, outside of actual working hours. Now I finish work, work out or go for a walk to like shift modes, and then fully disengage from it.
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I have a work laptop and spare time laptop and use my iPad mainly for work. When it’s a work device I don’t have any social media apps downloaded and don’t go to their websites. I multitask when possible while doing some chores at home.
I started planning my day the night before. Just a simple to-do list. I also group similar tasks together and turn off notifications when I’m focusing. Saying “no” more often helped too. Makes me feel rushed and more in control of my time.