+1. Also, the pleasure or pain of a task is not constant over time. Part of efficiency is finding a task appropriate to one's mood, and anticipating how one's m

+1. Also, the pleasure or pain of a task is not constant over time. Part of efficiency is finding a task appropriate to one's mood, and anticipating how one's mood will change over time. Influencing one's mood to match the task at hand is of course useful too, if you can figure it out. This is why I often read the git log and my notes before diving into a task -- it reminds me why I care, what fruits are tantalizingly low-hanging, etc.