PS L: How To Guard Your Time.

When everyone and everything try to claim it.

George 🌐 Longovitis

Nov 24, 2025

How To Guard Your Time.

“Got a minute?”
“This will only take an hour or so.”
“It’s ok, I’m not in a rush.”

We don’t lose time because we’re dumb or unlucky.
We lose time because we don’t know how to defend it.

Losing time is a skill issue.

Our own selves, small tasks, and anyone else can steal our day (even with good intentions).

Time Protection Is Proof Of Discipline

Every day there are millions of reasons to numb your senses with cheap dopamine.

Funny cat GIFs, videos, snacks, ideas, thoughts, stories, posts, feelings to keep your brain busy.

The problem starts when all of them claim your whole day.
Time is an investment.
Time is the only resource you never get back.

Here are some simple, practical moves that work:

The Moves

Learn To Say “No” Without Guilt

What → Cut anything that doesn’t align with your highest priorities or current needs. This can be as simple as a walk or a nap.
How → Know what matters. Anything outside that box gets a NO, even from yourself, to yourself.

Eat The Frog First

What → Do the toughest, highest-impact task first.
How → Most of times you know your “frog” but skip it with unnecessary tasks that feel important. They aren’t. Never confuse motion with action.

Define A “Sacred Time Block”

What → Find a time block for your high-leverage work.
How → When are you least reachable by others? First thing in the morning? Last thing at night? Both work great. Be strict with this.

Filter Notifications

What → Silence all distractions from devices.
How → DND mode can be your best productivity buddy.

Use Timeboxing & Parkinson’s Law

What → Give each task a fixed time limit.
How → Use Parkinson’s Law mentality to shorten, challenge, and gamify your work.

Set Boundaries

What → Make your time valuable. If it’s worth for your life it should be worth something to others too.
How → Set boundaries in every given chance.

Batch Tasks

What → Group tasks into slots so they don’t interrupt different mode tasks. You can’t be productive, creative, or mechanical at the same time. You can’t reply emails at your highest-leverage time.
How → Pick a regular time per batch and outside that ignore unless emergency.

Audit Yourself Often

What → You can’t improve what you don’t realize. Check on what you actually spend time on vs what you intended.
How → Identify leaks and fix weekly.

This Is Worth Your Time

All of the above helped me work better as a student, in the army, in my 9-to-5 jobs, and as a solopreneur.

When you do all these, you escape from wasted hours and wasted energy.
You regain time for what matters.

Guard your time.
It’s the ultimate self-respect and self-love action.

Lifeward,

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