Longtime readers know I am skeptical of most time hacks. It does not save much time in life to write “K” instead of “OK” in your emails. Nor does it really “save” time to do things faster when they’re completely optional in the first place. You don’t have to listen to that podcast, so listening to it at 2x speed doesn’t save time (though I have been guilty of trying to exercise faster, which I suppose is optional too!). I am also suspicious of tips like “lay out your clothes the night before.” That doesn’t save time, it simply moves when you do a task. There may be good reasons for moving the task, but saving time isn’t one of them.
That said, there are a few things that can win back minutes or (sometimes) hours. Here are some of my favorite little schedule tweaks to try this fall.
