I have a 40-minute commute on the metro every morning. Used to waste it scrolling social media. Now it's when I get prepared for the day.
On the train, I ask: "Give me a summary of the Sprint board" and "What's assigned to me that's due this week?" By the time I reach the office, I already know exactly what I'm working on. No more opening Trello, Slack, Jira, email - just one voice message, one summary.
When I finish a feature, I update immediately. Walking to grab lunch: "Move authentication bugfix to Done, add comment: fixed token refresh issue, ready for QA." No more "I'll update Trello after lunch" - which really meant "I'll forget and the board won't reflect reality."
The real win is capturing blockers when they happen. Stuck on something at 6pm? "Create card: Need DevOps help with deployment config, add blocker label, assign to @teamlead." It's documented while the details are fresh.
Our standups got shorter. Everyone updates throughout the day, so the board actually shows what's happening. Less "what did you do yesterday" - more actual problem solving.