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Jennifer Houle's avatar

Yikes...I use my inbox as a to-do list. What I love about this post is the shift from “personal willpower” to “system design.”

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Raghav Balasubramanian's avatar

Exactly! Thanks for leaving your comment. Glad it resonated 🙏🏼

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My First Lemonade Stand's avatar

Burnout is real! Especially in the creator space.

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Raghav Balasubramanian's avatar

100% agreed.

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Pratiksha Yadav's avatar

Great stuff here Raghav. Indeed, to improve the system, we need to take the lead. We have to speak for ourselves and set the rules. I am surely taking few points from this post to improve my working system.

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Raghav Balasubramanian's avatar

That’s great to hear. I’m glad it’s useful 🙏🏼

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Ayesha Calligraphy's avatar

Identify your peak cognitive window. This is great tip. 👍

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Raghav Balasubramanian's avatar

Thanks a lot Ayesha 🙏🏼

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Kunlun | Playful Brains's avatar

Thank you Raghav! These are great suggestions. Fully agree with you. Nowadays setting boundaries is still a bit challenging for me, with all the emails, slack, teams around. I’m still improving my flow. 😄

Just my 2 cents. To me, I also break my peak or working hours into several chunks. Each section is 45 minutes deep work + 5-10 minutes break to recharge. I also try to shutdown work 20-30 minutes before picking up my daughter from school. Just some alone time for myself, relax and shift focus. That will keep me alive the rest of the day and play with her.

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Raghav Balasubramanian's avatar

These are valuable insights Kunlun 👌🏼

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