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> It's essentially self-induced negative reinforcement on a platform you cannot really ignore as an adult working in technology. I have tried this, but it flir
by klyrs 3y ago
> It's essentially self-induced negative reinforcement on a platform you cannot really ignore as an adult working in technology.
I have tried this, but it flirts with a worse outcome: alarm fatigue. If I start ignoring one task, that risks bleeding over to another task. If I reflexively snooze "call mom" today then the chance that I snooze "write report" tomorrow is nonzero. Which, like you say, is unworkable as an adult in tech.
For me, physical notes work better than electronic ones. Push notifications are a pox on productivity, and I find that if I limit their use to (would-be) emergencies, they're super effective. But if they become noise, my entire computer risks turning into a work-free zone.
- 3pt14159 3y agoThis brings up an important point: Because of alarm fatigue, I avoid adding TODOs to the calendar that are not real TODOs. Something like "write report" I don't really need on my calendar. I know I need to do it. I'm talking with the client. Etc. Something like "[Friend name] should be back from [place name] by now. Call him!" matches it better. The type of things that would otherwise slip by.
- klyrs 3y agoI actually do put things like "write report" in my calendar, because it's a task I dislike. I try to find a specific-sized gap between meetings, where I'm already paying the cost of context switching. That helps me get the task done in a timely fashion, where it isn't in contention with the much more interesting deep work that I consider my "real job."