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Packing should take 30 minutes. Instead it takes three hours because you can't decide what to bring, you get distracted folding, you realize you need to do laundry, and suddenly you're reorganizing the closet. A backward plan from when you need to be in bed gives each packing step a time box so you actually finish.
Packing is a chain of open-ended decisions: what to wear, how much to bring, what you might need. Each choice is a small stall. You hold up two shirts for five minutes. You check the weather three times. You wander into the bathroom and forget what you went for. The task expands because nothing is timeboxed.
Ready Time works backward from when you need to be asleep. Clothes: 15 minutes. Toiletries: 10 minutes. Electronics and chargers: 5 minutes. Documents and essentials: 5 minutes. Final check: 5 minutes. Each step gets a notification. You don't need perfect choices. You need choices within the time box, then you move on.
A weekend bag is often 45 to 75 minutes; a longer trip with toiletries, meds, chargers, and documents can run 60 to 90 minutes once you stop treating "pack" as one step. Timebox clothes, toiletries, electronics, and a final check separately so midnight doesn't become the packing hour.
The night before works if you give it a closed window that still leaves time to sleep. Start early enough that the last step is wind-down, rather than zipping the suitcase at 1 AM. If decisions spiral, make the list earlier in the day and keep the evening for carrying it out.
Get a nudge at the right moment, while there's still time to act.
Each step gets its own alert, so you know what's next and how long you have.
“It has helped me tremendously to manage my timeblindness, and I tell people about it all the time.”Ready Time user, 2021
Save this routine in Ready Time and it tells you when to start each step.
Ready Time
You know what you need to do. Ready Time helps you know when to start.