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TH1. One hour of email. Every morning.
I block one hour to go through my inbox.
Reply. Archive. Done.
After that, I don’t open it again unless something is genuinely urgent.
Because email is reactive work. If you live in your inbox all day, you’re just wasting time that could be used on important tasks.
2. Grind mode is protected. I block a chunk of time for deep work. No meetings. No calls. No context switching.
This is where the heavy lifting happens. Strategy. Thinking. The tasks I’d otherwise procrastinate.
I schedule it during my highest energy window, which for me is mornings.
I don’t do well knowing I have 40 minutes before a meeting. I need mental runway. So I don’t book over it.
3. Meetings + lighter tasks go in the afternoon.
Afternoons are my energy dip.
So I use that time for meetings, admin, creative exploration, easier to dos.
Instead of fighting my biology, I work with it.
Now, does this always work perfectly?
Absolutely not.
Some days my inbox wins.
Some days meetings spill everywhere.
Some days I ignore my own rules.
But having this structure has helped me actually finish what matters.
@thais_sader
