How to reclaim a few hours of meeting time a week (and still get more done)

Here’s how to figure out when a meeting could be an email, how to trim your meeting times down, and which gatherings to cut all together.

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I’ve worked fully remotely for the last four years and while I love the flexibility, Zoom meetings and calls with my colleagues are often the only human interaction I have in between school drop-offs and pick-ups. Still, I’ve felt advanced Zoom fatigue when facing a day full of back-to-back meetings.

While a few companies, like Shopify, have taken a radical approach and canceled all meetings (at least temporarily), that’s not a realistic approach for most companies. Some meetings are needed, so here’s some advice on how to make the most of the meetings on your calendar, no matter how many you have: