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"To-go thinking" actually causes me to procrastinate... Because I have plenty of time left. Instead, I find that getting it 'working' with the minimum feature

"To-go thinking" actually causes me to procrastinate... Because I have plenty of time left. Instead, I find that getting it 'working' with the minimum features, then adding more and more provides that sense of accomplishment while motivating me to continue making it better. A lot of people will say 'Of course!' but once upon a time I didn't work like that. I would plan it all from the start and you couldn't do ANYTHING with it until it was almost completely done. Now, I just plan broadly enough to make sure I'm not preventing any needed feature, and then work on making it work as quickly as possible.

sudhirc 15y ago
Totally agree "Koo and Fishbach's studies consistently show that when we are pursuing a goal and consider how far we've already come, we feel a premature sense of accomplishment and begin to slack off." So Advise is to look at what is left to be done. This advise will surely turn procrastinator into an expert procrastinator :)
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huherto 15y ago
> "To-go thinking" actually causes me to procrastinate... Because I have plenty of time left. You are focusing on the time left. IMHO, This is not what the article recommends. You should focus on the tasks left.
- wccrawford 15y ago
  Yes, I have plenty of time left to finish all the tasks.
- jamesshamenski 15y ago
  The focus needs to remove the concept of time and just frame the mind to think about tasks. This is a foundation of the Pomodoro Technique.
takameyer 15y ago
I find it easy to obsess on optimizing parts of a project before the whole is complete. Focusing on getting pieces into a working state as soon as possible helps relieve a lot of the stress. And generally I find it less stressful to have something that's good enough and have extra time to attempt to make it better. I also make sure, even if it's good enough, to not present the done project until I've had time to at least attempt to optimize. Early presenting of 'good enough' often results in 'more projects'.

sudhirc 15y ago

Totally agree "Koo and Fishbach's studies consistently show that when we are pursuing a goal and consider how far we've already come, we feel a premature sense of accomplishment and begin to slack off." So Advise is to look at what is left to be done. This advise will surely turn procrastinator into an expert procrastinator :)

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huherto 15y ago

> "To-go thinking" actually causes me to procrastinate... Because I have plenty of time left. You are focusing on the time left. IMHO, This is not what the article recommends. You should focus on the tasks left.

wccrawford 15y ago
Yes, I have plenty of time left to finish all the tasks.
jamesshamenski 15y ago
The focus needs to remove the concept of time and just frame the mind to think about tasks. This is a foundation of the Pomodoro Technique.

takameyer 15y ago

I find it easy to obsess on optimizing parts of a project before the whole is complete. Focusing on getting pieces into a working state as soon as possible helps relieve a lot of the stress. And generally I find it less stressful to have something that's good enough and have extra time to attempt to make it better. I also make sure, even if it's good enough, to not present the done project until I've had time to at least attempt to optimize. Early presenting of 'good enough' often results in 'more projects'.