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How do I say no to myself? Or at least how can I be realistic with myself so that I can guard enough time/energy to do what I actually say to myself I will do?
by 331c8c71 3y ago
How do I say no to myself? Or at least how can I be realistic with myself so that I can guard enough time/energy to do what I actually say to myself I will do?
One manifestation of that problem is a quickly growing list of "must read" or "interesting" papers. They are all filed nicely but I managed to read only a few so far.
- rufius 3y agoTwo options from my own experience: - Allocate a regular time to read the papers/articles. Accept that the list may forever grow. Bonus points if you tag the content going in so that you can prioritize a tag/topic to make progress in a space you like. - Expire out old content you aren’t going to get to. I triage my list periodically, sorted by oldest. If I don’t remember adding it or don’t feel interested based on a skim of title and intro, it gets deleted. I pulled these from how I treat feature/bug backlogs at work. If it’s older than 90 days since any activity and a feature - delete. If it’s a bug, it gets archived (in case of repro steps needed).