Book Review – Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

     I picked this up at our local Eslite in Chiayi (it’s small, but that’s how you stumble on gems). I read it a few weeks ago and found it both funny and easy to apply.

What I liked

1. Notice where your hours go.
   The book nudges you to look—really look—at how you spend time.

2. Quit the Busy Bandwagon & Infinity Pools.

   • Busy Bandwagon: stuffing every minute with tasks, inboxes, pings.

   • Infinity Pools: apps/feeds that endlessly refill the moment you scroll.
     Naming these helped me catch myself in the act.

3. Make Time (about 1 hour/day).
   Protect a small daily block for what actually matters—family dinner, reading, cooking, learning something, even mastering Mario Kart. One hour, not heroic.

4. Light, practical tone.
   The authors keep it casual and funny, with a pile of tactics to dodge distractions.

What I changed after reading

• Started this blog (hello, Sylvia Inc.). Aim: one post a week.

• Daily reading time (current bedtime book: The Tale of Genji).

• Devices down at 10 p.m. Laptop + phone off.

• Social media guardrails:
  15-minute daily limit for Facebook/Instagram, log out when it feels “too much,” deleted Pinterest & shopping apps, and turned off cellular data for FB/IG.

Tiny book, real impact. If you’re feeling stretched thin—or just scattered—this one’s a cheerful reset.

Cheerio!

P.S. There’s a Traditional Chinese edition too：
《生時間：高績效時間管理術》（博客來連結：https://www.books.com.tw/products/001084156）