A Few Thoughts on Conscious Time

“How do I make more conscious decisions about my time?”

The percentage of product managers (or anyone working in a fast-paced environment, which is most people these days) that do not feel overwhelmed during the workweek is very low.

There’s another subset of us that also feel overwhelmed on the weekends because of “THE TIME SQUISH”: The constant feeling that there is not enough time — not enough time to think about X, to get Y done, etc.

At my worst, I was working 12 hour workdays, in back-to-back meetings across three time zones, working with an insane number of stakeholders, constantly feeling behind, and, most importantly, not enjoying any of it.

I’ve made a ton of changes in how I operate and am still actively iterating. Have I figured it all out? Heck no.

Am I a lot happier and do I feel like I am making more conscious decisions about what I am putting my time and energy into inside and outside of work?

Here are a few of my thoughts on how to be more conscious of your time: