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The best hack I ever learned to avoid the "pain of getting started" problem: Never finish. I always leave something easy, even trivial, undone when I knock of
by edw519 16y ago
The best hack I ever learned to avoid the "pain of getting started" problem:
Never finish.
I always leave something easy, even trivial, undone when I knock off each day. So no matter what else I'm doing the next day, it's easy to change a format, add another data element, or change a few variable names. Then once I get going, it's much easier to keep going.
Things that don't work well with this method: debugging a nasty problem, reworking architecture, scaling, or major additions. Those are best left for later in the day.
- Qz 16y agoHemingway had the same advice for writers: Never stop writing at the end of a chapter.
- electromagnetic 16y agoI've personally stopped using chapters, I found them to be rather detrimental to the process. When I feel I need them I insert them into the logical places via hindsight rather than using them to make arbitrary boundaries inside my work as I work.
- bennyk 16y agosometimes i leave myself something that keeps my brain working on a solution.i find that a different ream sometimes lets my defense down and the answer to enter