Waiting for a Deadline to Begin…
Whether preparing taxes, preparing a report, or taking out the garbage, we might find ourselves waiting “until it’s really important.”
Why do something that’s not important now? It’ll be important later.
The logic seems fairly solid. The trouble is most things are not about straight logic…
3 Major Components of a Working Task System
We cannot do everything we wish. Such is the human condition. But we can create structures, whether in words, lists, gadgets, and more, to hold things aside while we focus on the moment. Any system we use to manage our work or play should be able to reliably hold the...
The Seduction of Goals, the Strength of Guides
When writing a list of things to do, we look into the future. We write things like: “Do report” “Clean gutters” … The implication is that if we make it through our list, we will have completed the report and cleaned the gutters. Obvious,...
Will it Ever End? … The Work of Work
It never ends, does it? If you write out your projects — work, school, personal, or otherwise — you’ll quickly discover a never-ending sea of things to do. Further, you now need to juggle your options. How do you figure out which is the most pressing,...
Creativity as Discovery
“When will it be done?” Many of us have to answer this question, whether it’s a work environment asking for estimate of time for a project or even from ourselves when trying to decide what to do next. Of course, it can be notoriously difficult to measure time, whether...
