From a github talk about how to improve your organization:
- Find shit that you don't want to do.
- Automate it.
(I can't seem to be able to find the exact talk, so this is paraphrased.)
After all, that is what software development is all about. Reducing human effort, so it can be put into better things.
Learn the basics of shell scripts. Or just write scripts in your favorite language. I wrote a program in php to sync my playlists with my cell phone (after compressing them). And several other such small things.