Sort by effort required

If you are struggling to get through your workload, one handy hack I have found is to sort by effort required (after sorting by deadline of course).

For example writing an one thousand word blog post requires a lot more time and effort than a copy and paste job.

So, for me, my most productive time of day is easily the morning. Therefore I slot blogging in before breakfast.

I’ve also found that by the end of the day I am usually mentally fried. Therefore this a perfect time for tasks that require little cognitive function like copying and pasting.

So there you go a little productivity adaptation that works for me that might work for you too!