#orgmode + time blocking is proving being useful again and again.
To keep up with Org mode and Emacs development, I follow all possible news channels and mailing lists, which is 100+ news/emails per day. But I never want to spend too much time on news. So, I only allow <30 min/day for this Usually I just need 10-15 min.
Sometimes, regular schedule breaks (work, life, etc). But I can always catch up simply by spending full 30 min total, in time blocks, every day.
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@lens_r I simply use built-in Org mode's functionality - when a task has an effort estimate, and org-clock-sound is set, the sound is played when the clock-in time exceeds the estimate.
**** NEXT clear hanging tasks (just take a short look and maybe mark NEXT!)
SCHEDULED: <2026-03-28 Sat .+1d>
:PROPERTIES:
:Effort: 0:10
:DISABLE-HOST-BLOCKING: t
:CREATED: [2020-08-28 Fri 09:37]
:STYLE: habit
:REPEAT_TO_STATE: NEXT
:SHOWFROMTIME: 18:00
:LAST_REPEAT: [2026-03-27 Fri 19:03]
:END:
Ihor Radchenko (yantar92)
Lens