All articles tagged with #time management
A New York Times Well piece suggests treating friendships like workouts: by aiming for weekly, meaningful contact with at least one friend (a concept the author calls ‘closing the social rings’), and pairing it with small deliberate actions (such as taking longer after-dinner walks with a partner), you can maintain stronger connections and avoid feeling off when social time slips.【Source: NYT Well】
Based on Business Insider’s Power Hours interviews analyzed with ChatGPT, the piece outlines seven email-management practices that CEOs use to prevent inboxes from taking over their day: decide daily priorities before opening mail; schedule dedicated time blocks for email; keep replies short; automate or delegate inbox tasks; set a nighttime stop; recognize when email isn’t the best tool and use alternatives; and, in high-volume cases like Mark Cuban, treat email as a system to support work rather than a burden.
YouTube doesn’t offer a direct way to turn off Shorts; on mobile you can hide them by setting the Shorts feed limit to 0 minutes via Time management, which removes Shorts from the home feed (refresh if needed). On desktop, use the three‑dot menu to Show Fewer Shorts, or install a browser extension like Unhook to permanently hide Shorts (and optionally other clutter) from your YouTube home feed.
Nature’s readers say there is no universal nine-to-five PhD: a poll found about 20% of PhD students logged up to 40 hours a week, while the majority worked longer—some 80 hours or more—depending on topic, supervision, and field. While theoretical or mid-career paths can allow tighter schedules, experimental labs and pressure to publish often make a strict 9-to-5 impractical; overall the viability of a nine-to-five PhD hinges on topic, supervisory support, and institutional culture.
Google is rolling out YouTube Shorts updates to reduce clutter and improve usability: Clear Screen mode hides on-screen UI for an unobstructed view, Shorts can be played at 2x speed, and a quick pause/mute option helps prevent loud interruptions. The Like button becomes a Heart and the Dislike option is removed, with a Not Interested option to refine recommendations. A new Time management setting called Shorts feed limit lets users cap daily viewing from 0 to 2 hours, and the rollout is beginning now.
A psychologist distills a decade of happiness research into five habits that build lasting well-being: invest in close relationships, guard your time, seek challenging experiences, spend on others, and spend 120 minutes per week in nature, highlighting happiness as an ecological outcome of how you structure your life.
The NFL's eight-minute limit for each first-round pick in the 2026 draft produced a first round that finished in 2 hours 53 minutes—36 minutes faster than 2025 (3:29). The change reflects a broader push to shorten the draft’s pace, a stark contrast to earlier eras when intervals between picks ranged from 15 minutes to 6 hours in 2007.
YouTube is rolling out a zero-minute Shorts option under Time management, effectively adding friction that can hide Shorts from the Home feed when set to 0 minutes. It’s not a full kill switch — Shorts can still appear in subscriptions and be accessed via direct links — but the feature makes it harder to doom-scroll. To enable, go to Profile > Settings > Time management and set the Shorts limit to 0 minutes; the rollout is underway and targeted at parental controls before expanding to everyone.
YouTube now lets you hide Shorts in the mobile feed by selecting a zero-minute Shorts feed limit in Settings > Time management > Daily limits. The feature, which follows a previously higher minimum (15 minutes) and recent parental-controls integration, pauses scrolling but may still show individual Shorts; you might need to refresh to apply.
A writer used ChatGPT to restructure his day around the 4-hour rule (about 3–4 hours of peak focus), shielding those blocks from interruptions and batching admin tasks. The AI-generated plan boosted output quality and speed, shifted his mindset on how energy is spent, and reduced burnout. He encourages readers to tailor constraints to their lives and let AI draft a personalized schedule.
A BuzzFeed editor highlights reader-submitted frugal tips that backfire, showing many popular money-saving hacks—from DIY projects and coupons to chasing the cheapest gas or early-morning flights—cost more time, money, or effort than they save, urging smarter budgeting and a focus on meaningful savings.
The author reflects on how frequent use of ChatGPT evolved from a helpful tool to a time-consuming habit, highlighting the addictive nature of AI due to its speed, judgment-free interaction, and low effort, which can lead to digital addiction and impact real-life relationships. He decides to cut back on AI usage, finding increased productivity and well-being, and emphasizes the importance of responsible AI use.
Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan plans to block off Wednesday to Friday afternoons for focused work without meetings in 2026, aiming to combat meeting bloat and create protected time for important tasks, emphasizing the importance of saying no and prioritizing deep work for better leadership and productivity.
To make meetings more effective and avoid unnecessary ones, frame agendas as questions to clarify their purpose, determine who needs to attend, and assess if the meeting is necessary at all. Shortening or reducing the frequency of meetings can also improve productivity.
YouTube has introduced a new feature allowing mobile users to set daily time limits on watching Shorts videos to help manage screen time, with notifications alerting users when their limit is reached. The feature is rolling out gradually and will later include parental controls with non-dismissable notifications.