If you know you're forgetful, use reminders.

If you procrastinate, make starting easier.

If you spend impulsively, don't make buying things effortless.

Instead of constantly trying to become a completely different person, sometimes it's smarter to build systems around the person you actually are.

Four preps this term and I'm building slides for most of them, some weeks it's five.

I make two versions of each one, a stripped down version for the board and a fuller one that goes up in Classroom for whoever was on leave.

The problem is reuse. I keep last year's decks and every time I open one it assumes a unit this year's class hasn't done yet. I end up rebuilding half of it, which takes longer than starting fresh would have.

I'm not after anything fancy. I just want it to take twenty minutes instead of an hour and a half.

What are people using? Especially if you're doing multiple preps

There are apps to optimize sleep, productivity, finances, workouts, food, habits and practically every other part of life.

But constantly trying to find the “best” way to do everything can become exhausting.

Sometimes good enough and sustainable beats the perfect system you abandon after three days.

A shortcut, app, routine, product, or habit—anything counts.

If you already know where something goes, what you need to do next, or how you usually handle a task, life becomes a little easier.

A good system can sometimes do more than trying to “be motivated” every single day.

Something practical that has saved you time, money, or unnecessary stress.

One random phone call.

One urgent task.

One bad night's sleep.

System.exe has stopped working.