How I Slashed 3-Hour Research Time to 10 Minutes (Without Breaking a Sweat)

Look. I caught you red-handed.
Scrolling Twitter. Checking LinkedIn. Skimming 17 tabs before writing ONE sentence.
You’re not researching - You’re lost in the goddamn woods. I’ve been there. 3 hours evaporating for 300 words of output.

Criminal. Posting.
But what if I told you…
Your "research" just digital hoarding?

(yeah, I said it)

Turns out - there’s a cheat code. I went from drowning in tabs to laser-focused digests. 10 minutes. Done.
Here’s how you steal it ↓:

Index:

1. The 4 AM Wakeup Call (my rock bottom)

2. Tool #1: Feedly - Your New Research Bouncer 

3. Tool #2: Notion The Lazy Curator 

4. My 10-Minute Drill (step-by-step sabotage)

5. What I Do With 2.5 Saved Hours (hint: it’s not email)

Wake Up Call

Last month. Staring at ceiling at 4 AM. Realized:

• I’d spent 22 hours “researching” for 1 newsletter

• Found 47 “critical” sources… used three

• My notes? Chaos. Highlight vomit. Zero structure

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Tool #1: Feedly

This ain’t sexy. But holy hell - it murders noise. Goto→ Feedly

What it fixes:

• Google Alerts drowning you in junk

• 10+ newsletters saying the same damn thing

• “I’ll save this for later” → later never comes

My setup:

1. Dumped ALL sources into Feedly (blogs, newsletters, journals)  
2. Turned on “Leo” (its built-in robot bouncer)  
3. Set filters:  
   - ☠️ KILL anything with “5 revolutionary ways to…”  
   - ✅ SAVE only pieces citing *original data*  
   - 🚨 ALERT when 3+ sources mention same trend  

Result? 90% less inbox sludge. Only heavy hitters get through. Feedly Handles it all.

The Curator- Tool #2: Notion

Don’t panic. Notion’s not just for nerds.

Here’s the hack:

• Paste raw Feedly clips into Notion

• Hit the ✨ button → “Summarize & cluster by topic”

• BOOM. It spits out:

Zero formatting. Zero manual sorting. Just pure, distilled gold.

My 10-Min Drill (Every Damn Morning)

⏱️ 8:00 AM: Open Feedly → scan 5-7 curated pieces (3 min)  
⏱️ 8:03: Dump ALL into Notion → auto-summarize (1 min)  
⏱️ 8:04: Read Notion table → highlight 2 MUST-USE points (4 min)  
⏱️ 8:08: Throw into draft → add 1 personal take (2 min)  
⏱️ 8:10: CLOSE TABS. MOVE ON.  

No deep diving. No “just one more article.”

Research is a gas - it expands to fill your time.
Starve it.

What I Do With My 2-5 Saved Hours

☠️ Real Talk

Confession: I don’t “optimize” this time. I weaponize it.

• Write 1 brutal LinkedIn post → 12 inbound leads last week

• Record 1 unscripted video → 3.2K views (no editing)

• Or… gasp… walk outside. Touch grass.

The math ain’t subtle:
3 hours/day x 5 days = 15 hours
15 hours x 4 weeks = 60 hours
You’re wasting a full work week. Monthly.

🚨 BOTTOM LINE

You don’t need more information.
You need less, but sharper.

Feedly + Notion = your personal research SWAT team.
10 minutes. Tops.

(or keep scrolling Reddit. Your funeral.)

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