Task Management for Humans

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Mental health challenges specific to RSEs

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Image 1 of 1: ‘Bar plot showing the answers to Dave Horsfall's RSE mental health survey (2022) to the question 'Since working in the RSE community, which of the following negative feelings have troubled you at work?'. The 3 most common negative feelings, each affecting more than 20% of the respondent, are 'Feeling you're not up to the job', 'Lack of control over workload', 'Feeling you don't fit in'.’

Results of Dave Horsfall’s RSE mental health survey (2022) to the question “Since working in the RSE community, which of the following negative feelings have troubled you at work?”

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Where tasks come from, identifying and managing them

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Tools for task management

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Techniques - Inbox Zero

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Why not try right now to turn off email notifications. If you are using Windows 11 you can enable do not disturb mode like this:

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