Time Blocking - A Day in the Life of Batching My Work

Time blocking and batch processing your work, which is doing the same task or kind of work within a larger chunk of time within a day, has become super popular productivity strategy for getting more done in ultimately less time.

In this video, I take you into my calendar on a day where I'm scheduled to batch process podcast interviews back to back, all day. We talk about the pros of batch processing, and I also share mistakes I made along the way.

Do you batch process your work? For us content creators, it can be the difference between having a queue of content to share over time, or feeling like you're on the content hamster wheel that can lead to overwhelm and a decrease in content quality, too.

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[InspireVideoMarketing]

I'm all about batching! Such a time saver. I actually have the next 3 years of YouTube videos filmed for my bigger channel and did that in 30 days. That's freed up time to start this new channel.

[vickie_velasquez]

Batching has been a HUGE game-changer for my podcast. The guidance in AMP'd up seriously helped me "amp" up my game (see what I did there? hehe). Thanks, Pat!

[CassThompsonConsulting]

I batch filming, editing, and posting. Still side-hustling so I batch all filming on Saturdays and editing and posting are batched in 2 hour blocks.

[realCatherinePerry]

This is exactly what I do. I love this because it helps me get things done for the month. Great video!

[MovieCheerVideo]

Great video Pat, I really enjoyed this look into your creative day. I batch my video making as much as possible, saves a lot off time.

[TaraWagner]

The transition IS totally the killer. Time blocking and micro-batching are power couple. I do videos on those things probably more than any other subject 😆 SO crucial to productivity though. I just did a video today even on how to stick with it because I get a lot of feedback from my clients about their challenges with sticking with it. Great video Pat!

[MrGavinBell]

Batching rocks. Absolute game changer in getting things done!

[ShaneHummus]

One day, I will just attend meetings and help my team to get more leads. But for now, I am just continue my hustle and work with my team all day.

[angelinakukkamalla]

This is so helpful Pat. I asked on Live session too. And found this video todày.

[itsaaronward]

I've never dived into batch processing purposefully, usually it naturally happens when recording online course lessons or writing a blog post out as it just requires a lot of time. However, I think moving forward this would be a great way to create a months worth of YouTube videos in one day of recording, and then the next day editing. Thanks for the insight Patt! P.S. I'm using your sticky note planning too and it works like a charm!

[SaraLizzyBeth]

Yes! Yes! Yes! I am batching content today, PERFECT timing!!! Thank you for this, you are awesome!

[ANAKCreates]

I've been palying with batch processing as well, so its really cool to see how you make it work! And also working on workflow for my podcast as well, very helpful!

[KatieLance]

Great tips Pat! I am a huge fan of batching my video and podcast content and teach on this too. I love the idea of batch recording for other people's podcasts too. Great tip - thanks!

[GGBSystems]

Great vid, Pat. Loved it. I continue to learn more and more from you. Thanks so much!

[joshuafriedeman]

Thanks for the interview and kind words, Pat! I'm still not at the point where I can batch because of my day job, but it's nice to have a lunch hour and a space near my work where I can set up for interviews.

[brittany]

Thanks, Pat! Definitely needed this little reminder about batching. I would love to know more about how you structure non-batching days. Do you calendar block like we saw here or use only your CoSchedule task list? Something different? I'm an avid user of CoSchedule thanks to your recommendation!

[Darin.Eubanks]

Thank you Pat for all that you do. You’ve helped me tremendously!

[LajosNagy]

Informative as always, Pat, got me thinking about how I can combine this with my family life to get stuff done I wouldn't normally have the chance because of how hectic everything can be with children around.

[PassiveIncomeTom]

This is really good Pat! Sometimes my schedule prevents me making videos so batching does really help. 👍

[JudyLeeThurber]

Great presentation, Pat. Thank you. One question please ... How did you do the video? Do you have an assistant? A selfie stick? A freakishly long arm with swivel joints? I appreciate you!