I work as a project manager. One person on our team is working with another client, someone else has recently been fired. I’m used to a higher workload but I feel like I just can’t function or get anything significantly done, And the tasks continue to pile. I’m not burnt out I don’t think and I understand how we got into this position. But lack of organization for this amount of work is crushing me.

How do you organize your workload and tasks? Especially if you have multiple things, projects, deadlines? What are some structures or mindsets that help you get things done even when your workload goes up unexpectedly. How do you keep yourself from stopping because there are just so many things to do.

Side note: my wife wants me to test for ADHD. As far as I know I don’t have a family history. Apparently I’m showing many of the signs and she thinks that might be why my productivity is struggling so much. I’ve never thought of there being an additional issue, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with people that do struggle with it. I criticize myself pretty harshly, I’m not discouraged, I just feel like I can do better. I just really don’t know how and I’m trying to figure out the best solution for me.

I always find it hard to not use my phone before bed. I have the brick app/device but I find myself always just unlocking everything then scrolling till I pass out

In the office you could look busy.

Walking to meetings, sitting at a desk, being visibly present. None of it meant anything was getting done but it felt like work and managers felt comfortable.

Remote removed that. Suddenly the only thing that mattered was actual output.

Some people thrived. Some people were exposed.

I think that's why the return to office push is louder from management than from employees. It's not about collaboration. It's about visibility. And visibility was never the point.

What's your read on why RTO is really happening?

Instead, I optimize things I do every single day. Like finding notes, saving files or deciding what to work on next. Saving five seconds on something you do 100 times is usually worth more than saving ten minutes on something you do once. What's the smallest improvement you've made that keeps paying off?

I'm looking for an iPhone app that can stop me from automatically opening distracting apps while I'm working.

I've looked at Opal, Jomo, ScreenZen, one sec, and a few others, but it's hard to tell which reviews are genuine. Some apps seem too easy to bypass, while others lock down so much that I suspect I'd disable them after a few days.

Ideally, I want something that can block selected apps during work hours but still let me access them when I genuinely need to. I'd also rather avoid another expensive subscription unless the app makes a noticeable difference.

Has anyone used one of these consistently for a few months? Which one did you keep, and what became annoying over time?

I'm especially interested in hearing from people who tried several before settling on one.

I'm trying to figure out which learning method is better for my situation.

I live in a very noisy house, and I rarely get uninterrupted time to study. I don't have a fixed study schedule because I have to study whenever I can find a quiet moment.

I also tend to overthink and get lost in my own thoughts. While watching video courses, I sometimes realize I've been mentally somewhere else for several minutes and have to keep rewinding. If someone interrupts me or the noise gets too loud, it completely breaks my focus.

Because of this, I'm wondering if books or written documentation would be a better fit than video courses.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? If you had a noisy home, no consistent study time, and a mind that wandered easily, which learning method worked better for you and why?

I'm especially interested in hearing from people who learned programming or other technical skills under similar conditions .

My goal is to build enough skills to get better opportunities in the future, but currently I have to learn from home with limited resources."

So im 15 nearly 16 and im homeschooled (important in a second). I used to wake up and know what I wanted/needed to do that day and I did it. Now i get out of bed like 2+ hours after I wake up barely do anything im supposed to or need to do. I want something to do with my life, like I feel like my life is so repetitive and there's no point to it I have nothing to do, I wanted (still do a little bit) a job but I think partly that was so i had purpose you know? I think i kind want/need some things i can do to feel productive because i feel like im wastibg my life. Im not really sure what i wanted/expected to get from this post maybe guidance or somthing I have no idea.

Thanks for taking ur time to read this.

Edit: added some things

I don’t mean AI paying bills or moving money. I mean using it before a weekly finance check to boost productivity, so you’re not starting from a blank dashboard every time

Something that flags late invoices, changed vendor charges, missing receipts, subscription renewals or payments that need approval. You still open the source and approve anything important yourself ofc. For other business owners, would that actually save time or would you still double check everything from scratch anyway?

Hey everyone! I'm about to enter into a crazy busy season of my life. I'm starting grad school in the fall and I do a lot of travel & presenting for work. I also have pretty strong ADHD and struggle with executive function pretty heavily. I'm skating by at work, but barely, and I'm reducing my hours and travel schedule come August.

Once I start, I'll need to figure out how to manage multiple calendars. My work is Microsoft-based, my school is Google-based, and my personal calendar... I mostly run on vibes, which doesn't work very well. I like the UI of Google but I haven't used it in a long time. Planners I use for three weeks and forget they exist. Wall calendars can be very helpful for me for a lot of things, so that might be the move.

Do you guys have recs on how to manage multiple calendars? Any systems that work for you, reminders, calendars that sync well?

I'm looking for was to make my phone less distractive especially for the apps I need to use like Reddit, utube, Facebook for market place etc.

I have lots of things to do with my phone like reading, planing things out, learning and being connected with ppl but somehow this very well engineered piece of shite does every possible trick to steal my attention 🥲. I just open Reddit to look for something and I just fall into a rabbit hole