🗂️ Batch It or Bin It
Stop task-switching. Start task-clustering.
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⏱️ The Hack
Your Brain Hates Switching Gears
Every time you jump from one kind of task to another, your brain pays a toll.
- Answer an email.
- Load the dishwasher.
- Check Slack.
- Pay a bill.
😳 Researcher Dr. Sophie Leroy calls it "attention residue" — switching between different kinds of tasks can cost you up to 23 minutes of refocus time, because part of your brain stays stuck on the last task even after you've moved on.
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📦 The Fix: Batching
Group similar tasks together and do them back-to-back, in one sitting, with zero switching in between.
✅ How to Actually Use It
- Do a 5-minute brain dump.
Write down everything on your mental to-do list, no order needed. - Sort into buckets.
Group by type: "messages," "errands," "admin," "chores." - Batch it.
Pick one bucket, set a timer, and blast through everything in it — no detours. - Bin what doesn't matter.
If a task's been sitting for weeks and nothing bad happened — it probably didn't need doing. Delete it guilt-free.
👉 Try This Today
Try batching just your replies today — texts, emails, DMs, all in one 10-minute block. Feels like a power-up for your whole day. ⚡