Getting the day off on the right foot is important — what does that mean for you?
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Getting the day off on the right foot is important — what does that mean for you?
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I keep a running todo list. I try to start my day by checking something off before I sign on to Slack.
You never know what interruptions await you once you are "online", so I have a game of trying to finish something before that point.
Love this, I am going to start doing this next week as you are right, that first 20 minutes of catch-up on slack is not the best start to a day, getting something done is!
My work day usually starts with my second daily coffee 🤪
I work remote! I make my French Press coffee, open my laptop, and read through these notifications in this order:
bigger company announcements tend to go out on email, which give me context for slack conversations, which in turn give me context for github issues/PRs
Did you start this notification-oriented approach deliberately or did you just sort of land on this routine organically?
Kind of both -- I'm an async member of a fast-paced startup so it makes sense but I tend to start my days with understanding where the people who I'm going to interact with are at anyhow.
I start my day with reading my entry from the previous day.
Every day, before I close down, I write what I did that day, outcomes of meetings, action points, check the calendar and slack to check I haven't missed anything.
I also end that entry with what I was in the middle of when I stopped for the day and (if it is code), leave myself a comment in the code as well saying exactly what I was doing when I stopped and what I was going to do next.
So first thing I do when I start my day is read what I did the previous day, make sure I haven't missed any items for the task list and then open slack.
However I will be stealing @sherrydays start to the day and change it to:
I prefer that and have no idea why I don't do it already!
How consistent are you with this approach? Do you get thrown off if/when you aren't able to make it happen?
About 95%, probably once every 3-4 weeks something will "throw me off".
However whenever the "disaster" that stops me from doing it (which is normally me just oversleeping and needing to jump straight into a meeting 🤣) happens, I just make sure that I do it as early as possible.
I never miss my end of day routine (I will always do it at some point before bed if I have an urgent issue that interrupts it), I will even leave something half way through to make time for it as it has saved me hours and hours of work over the years.
Despite take about 15 minutes a day to complete it frees up a lot of thinking space and I get up and running so much faster the next day knowing I have dealt with and categorised the previous day's stuff.
One thing to consider here though, I control my own diary pretty much, so it might be more difficult for a 9-5 job to take that time out at the beginning and end of the day!
I sit on my sofa and open my laptop - then I stare blankly, change my mind and go get a coffee, then I get to work 😂
This is the best way to eat later and go for a walk
I open Trello and I watch how the sprint goes.
I focus to remember where I let my job the day before and preparing myself for the stand-up. Sometimes all this is followed by a good cup of coffee! :)
Zombie into standup, check back in an hour later once I make coffee, help out my kid and dogs, and possibly have a call with a stakeholder before starting the real work.
That's literally my day in a nutshell
I'll start with a half hour workout. After showering I check the meetings for that day, and open github for notifications and slack, of course.
Then start working on something, which could be writing code, reviewing code, writing a blog, or writing documentation.
This is the best way to eat later and go for a walk