There are a million blogs, posts and lists telling you how to make your day more productive, but in reality, day-of productivity practices mean you’re already a day behind. Setting yourself up for a successful day should be done before the alarm even goes off. Try these three Pre-Day Planning tips for a week and you’ll understand the difference.

Interval training uses spaced repetition to help you memorize shortcuts more efficiently.

With interval training, you rate your performance after each shortcut attempt. Not only must you recall the shortcut from memory, but you must type it in correctly, thus increasing muscle memory for each shortcut as well. Next time you are in your editor, shortcut recall will be that much quicker and easier.