How to create a productive routine when working remotely - part 5

Batch tasks

This is the process of grouping similar small tasks together and then blocking a specific period of time in your calendar to complete these tasks in a single batch. This allows you to have larger blocks of times for full focus for your key tasks and then a shorter, concentrated block of time for attending to a range of small and similar tasks. Use this ‘batch time’ for activities such as processing emails, returning phone calls, writing up invoices, paying your bills, check in with social media etc. I use the term Strategic Reserve Time (SRT) for these batch times – it’s time set aside in advance to deal with a range of smaller issues that will always ‘pop up’ during a typical workday.