Take 10 seconds and sign up for my free "5-Bullet Friday" newsletter: go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/ Each Friday, you’ll get a short email from me with five things I've discovered that week, sending you off to your weekend with fun and useful things to ponder and try. 🙌

I just exercised 100+ hours in a row, after batching for the length of the year. I am now in a coma, thanks!

This guy's gone batch-it crazy.

This video literally starts at 00:00 - Tim, you have such strong ideas about life, leadership, motivation, business... You're my role model and I highly appreciate your help, your tips, thanks in advance!

I will show this video to my mom whenever she complains why I always keep the dirty dishes in my room for 3 days before taking them to the sink for washing.

Yes, batching is great! I learned a housekeeping system from 2 sisters who were slobs. They got out of the pigpen with their basic week plan. They had an errand day, a desk day (paperwork, phone calls, grocery list, etc ), a surface cleaning day with laundry, a deep cleaning day for more time-consuming jobs, and a free day to do whatever you want. Batching errands saves time and money, a paperwork day saves time and keeps you focused, cleaning at various levels also keeps you focused and in the end you have time for yourself. So, you might say batching saves time, money, and keeps you focused. In this case your family knows if they need an errand done, they should tell you before Thursday- or they have to do it. Laundry day is Friday, so get your dirty clothes in the hamper by Thursday night. This is how lufe works.

Batching changed my life. Super important to batch all the social media and email messages and comments into certain times of the day. I usually have the afternoon lull of 3:50pm to 4:20pm blocked out for "Internet Responding Power Half-Hour." It's a great way to ease into evening creativity time. Thanks, Tim!

I'll take this video to thank you for all the impact you have had on me and everybody elses here, Tim. It does make a difference.

One of my favorite videos of yours Tim. Since 2007 and still going strong. Keep it up!

I don't know how videos like this only get 30,000 views. Tim is always well spoken and wise at the same time. His videos are so helpful!

Tim, I recall in a podcast that you said you check out KZfaq comments, so: I'd really like a video about Parkinson's Law. When it comes to actually finishing tasks, I know from all my one-nighter-but-A+ papers in college that this is one of the most effective methods for actually completing things. But it's hard to self-impose it. If you have the time, a video or podcast with further thoughts would mean a lot to me, and I'm sure to others. Thanks :)

For several yearsI have applied this to our practice and training structure, but to the work we do at Beat the Streets. It helps the kids find focus when it can be a challenge for them related to their person characteristics. Batching got my through middle school when I teacher would put a 15 minute clock on the board for a project, I knew all I had to do was focus on it for 15 minutes. Give me an entire day and I would have been lost. Thanks Coach Ferris - Jeff Marsh, Beat the Streets

This was hugely beneficial man, thank you. Love these videos. I am more visual, so seeing you talk is for some reason better then hearing it via podcast.

It seems that I batch house cleaning: on my first day of from the time I wake up until 11am. Then it's done for the week! I like the idea of using this technique for other tasks.

i am obsessed with your book TOOLS OF TITANS, you are so generous with yiur info so much to absorb. i loved it and continue to love it as i discover new insights. thank you

Thank you Tim for your great video's! I have started to watch your videos today. They are very useful nuggets of information. Glad to have found you!

Thank you for this video! I was just thinking about this over the weekend and how I can implement this better.

Good Video. This one made more sense to me than any of your other videos I've seen. Thanks!

great advice, time managment is definetely one of the hardest arts to master in life and what you suggest is a good way to stay focus and sane throughout the hactic life we living today

Love this trick Tim. Been using this for the past year since you mentioned it. Thanks so much for everything Tim.

I've always been doing batching. I'd wait until I have to do everything and I'd do them all in one go but mostly for errands as I love staying home. So, I'd wait until all can be done in one go, that's the time I'd do. Saves a lot of time and money too.

Love you dude. Just a joy to watch your work. Thanks.

Really good video as usual! Protip also when it comes to food, try to batch it, put aside a couple of hours on sundays to prep meal for the week after. Saves alot of time!

Good stuff as always Tim. Looking dapper!

I love the four hour work week! Just read it and its brilliant! Love the laundry analogy in this video!

Short and oh-so-sweet! Such a simple concept, but legitimately helpful. Read your classic gem 4hww many moons ago and you are still awesome after all these years. Also, your "titanium tea" ~ love it longtime

You have provided infinite amounts of value to your followers Tim, thank you.

Batching is very task specific. Emails, for example, are always twice a day: mid morning and mid afternoon. That way I can be responsive without disrupting my flow by jumping at every email that comes in. Laundry depends entirely on how full the basket is. Travel depends on cost-effectiveness. If I'm buying a plane ticket, I want to maximize the return of that expense. Great tip. We probably all do this to some extent, whether or not we're aware of it. But consciously planning it will definitely result in better time and cost management. Purposeful action planned in advance. Doesn't get any better than that.

I draw and have done almost all of my best drawings late at night, while usually listening to Terence McKenna or Robert Anton Wilson or someone else.

Thanks for the awesome golden nugget on productivity.

These are great ideas Tim! Thank you very much, I will definitely experiment! Thank you!

Always insightful and thought provoking. I like the concept but think it is difficult to apply broadly, depending on the type of job you have. If you are self-employed or independent, it's much easier. But everybody can do this to some extent. I do find it helpful myself with organizing my day. BTW, great jacket!

Batching has helped me so much these last few months!!

Great point, but don’t take large scale batching as perfect solution. If you read “The Lean Startup” the author writes all about “batch size” and it’s implications. Large batches can lead to repetition of the same mistakes across a huge amount of different tasks. Small batches allow you to learn and accumulate feedback. Interesting stuff Large batches are great when you 100% know the value, inputs, and outputs of the task.

This is one of my all time favorite videos of yours.(Which may sound weird because I've seen a ton of your work and enjoy it all.) Super helpful. Thank you!

Please keep doing these!

A lucid explanation of a very important corporate responsibility execution by the leaders at the helm, taking a leaf out of an everyday, simple example. Great video, Tim!!!

Tim Ferriss Thanks So Much

Thank you sunshine! This is so helpful. ☀️

Thank you for your ideas and tips, Tim! More powers to you.

Always love ur idea. Thank you Tim

Yes, batching! Looking great Tim.

That's what I want to hear from you Tim: teachings coming from you and your friends. I don't care about others you bring in to the show.

Thank you for explaining

Thank you Tim!

Love your ideas and methods to be effective. Started my podcast 3 weeks ago and definitely going to apply batching to podcast generation and other ares. Thanks Tim!

never commented on one of your videos before but: this look suits you very well, you should keep it!

I do this with the books I read. It worked quite well.

Awesome! Thanks!

I really like 4-hour work week and am eager to explore your other videos and writings. The batch idea though - isn't that just common sense? I do this all the time. I never really thought of it as a technique. Just a way to be more efficient.

I batch companies during the work week. So Monday is blocked out for one of my companies. It helps me focus on the stuff that matters. it's not the best way, but it works for me.

T-Fizzle Dropping Knowlege. Thanks Tim!

Real Question:👌 Tim, When formulating your 'batchified' schedule, where do you keep all the info? Google calendar? Excel sheet? Wall calendar? Journal? Thank you Tim! 🙌🙏 P.S. Been doing the 5 min. journal + the journal tips from Tools of Titans for years now and has given me tremendous structure, peace & clarity, THANK YOU for that & everything else you've done and become! 🙏🏆🌎

Tim Ferriss: Changing the world, one principle at a time.

One of my fave concepts. I apply this to my life. I run a bookstagram account (youve “liked” my photo of your Chef book, Tim! haha) and I batch my photoshoots. Helps a lot! Thanks, man 📚❤️☕️☕️☕️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Love the laundry example it really makes you look at batching as in why wouldn't you do it!

Tim ferris is the goat

Hi Tim! Great video, awesome info. My question is: Why do many companies have their staff do many tasks at once ("multi-tasking") which is often super inefficient in the name of maximizing profits, yet, CEOs like yourself actually understand it's actually better to batch tasks and FOCUS on 1 or fewer tasks at a time to actually get stuff done and make an impact on what you're trying to accomplish? It's quite contradictory, no? (And to clarify -- I'm NOT saying that YOU are being contradictory -- many biz owners are). Cheers ✌🏽❤️, Christina

Thanks for introducing the term. I have a comment and a question. This beard style is spot on for you, looks really good; Would you consider batching to be a good idea for studying - 1 subject for every day. Immerse myself with only 1 big topic per day, it would also help with the task-switching downside; or would it be better to study a few hours a day on every(4) subject?

I love going off the grid concerning social media, because I need to get things done sometimes. I don't want to be worried about not posting on instagram for a !while because I'm studying hard for the GMAT or something. I need to upgrade my real life too!

Thanks tim! Very helpful

Thank you

Thanks! That is a great tool.

I do laundry every few months (3 to 6 months) and then drive to the laundromat, use up 8 machines to 10 machines and spend the same 2-3 hours but now I only did laundry once. I do have a lot of clothes, sheets, etc... I save a lot of time.

Like the styling the videos nowadays. Really good.

I misread batching as bathing. Advice still checks out

Keep doing these Tim

Wow man I really like what you said ,is amazing

Good one Tim.

I find huge value through the concept of batching aswell as reflecting on how you spend your time the 'best' possible way. However, I struggle with being a donkey as Derek Sivers would put it - as in I have too many projects and ideas I want to engage in on the same time. This leads me towards my questions: How do you decide what a right decicion is? And hereby, how do focus on a given task/project without dealing with the 'fear of missing out'?

Batching is 100% essential

great tip, Tim, as always :)

Love it

I thought this video would be about food batching 😂 But i actually like what it turned out to be about

good Video, Tim. Not bad.

Such an interesting advice.

Great sharing

Another great one, Tim! #schedulebatches

Love the new style

Got Your book tools titans look looking forward to learning new stuff it big book

Batching! I though the title said belching!! And that's why I'm here.

Batching: answering the question of our age "How can I get more done in my day?"

Good stuff Tim. Was just in Austin...sorry we missed each other. Maybe next time we'll have time to do another collab vid.

What's the name of the song in the intro? Or does anyone know the genre? Love it; puts me in a good state.

Hair is growing back Tim

Interesting. I've been considering how "lean thinking" applies to life, which is almost the inverse of batch-focused approaches.

I do most my Landry every 2 or 3 months. I have air tight plastic bags I keep the dirty Landry in. And my clothes seem to wash and smell fine even after being in a dirty Landry bag for up to 3 months. I only have a few sets of bed sheets so I usually have to do a couple bedding loads in the middle at the 1.5 month mark. I have to walk down a metal narrow staircase and then another 50 feet outside to get to the washer and dryer. So I find doing it once a week or every two is a very distracting task if I am trying to get any thing else done. Especially because the washer only takes 30 minutes. So that first load you don’t have time to start and finish anything important. But if I batch my Landry there are only two dryers and two washers so after the first load I only have to do this every 1 hour for 5 to 7 hours. And our machines take quarters, and because there is no change machine only a few people in my complex actual do Landry here. So I haven’t had a day yet out of 5 times doing this where anyone else needed to hop in to do a load. I just make a day out of it and also clean my house or unload groceries in between Landry. I also batch months of groceries which can fill my car up. So the best scenario is to time Landry day when I have all my non perishable groceries still in my car. Because doing a few months of groceries I usually don’t get back until late at night. And I have to park down stairs and carry the grocers up a rickety metal staircase. If I batch grocery unloading with Landry I can unload from my car to my kitchen, and put them up while going back and forth to do another load of Landry. Then I can go back and forth from storing food, doing a months of meal prep, ect. But I typically can’t get anything important, other than organization and cleaning task, done on Landry day because of the constant distraction of having to go to an outside building on the other side of my complex every hour. So batching all my other recurring distraction organization task with it makes that a lot easier.

shot brotha tim ferris

off the grid sounds fun!

Hi Tim. Culd you please answer my (yours :-) ) 3 questions? 1. What advice would you give the 37-year-old author of textless books for children who want to do good business on it. 2. What advice should that person ignore? 3. What is the worst advice that you hear repeated often in your industry?

Atomic Habits is a read that aligns with these concepts

it can be called batched writing, or binge writing, I think it's quit effective, I'll try it and hope it gives me result, because I'm struggling with such a long process to produce online courses.

My productivity actually maximizes with batching method....important to know what to acheive and how to achieve it

Have a schedule?

Batchman, nananannan!

Batching gives my brain ease.

So, how does this compare to chunking? When I design courses online, I try to use between five- and seven-minute chunks. This is deemed as good practice. I also do chunking in the restroom, but that is a whole other story.

Does anyone know how Tim physically schedules his time? Weekly planner, google calendar, monthly time sheet, scrap piece of paper ???

Also Tim is my celebrity crush. MUAH :)

This is an illustrious piece. A book I read with related themes was equally distinguished. "Dominating Your Clock: Strategies for Professional and Personal Success" by Anthony Rivers