3 ms·
I've been trying out the Harvard Timebox thing, not for side project, but for keeping on top of work tasks. When I remember to fill it out in the morning it wor
by mrweasel 2y ago
I've been trying out the Harvard Timebox thing, not for side project, but for keeping on top of work tasks. When I remember to fill it out in the morning it works really well. My issues is always setting goals, because really don't care enough about pretty much anything for goals to motivate me. I do know what I need to do in many cases, and writing the steps and tasks down and prioritising them seems to work really really well.
A few articles:
* https://archive.li/nenFp https://archive.li/nenFp
* https://hbr.org/2018/12/how-timeboxing-works-and-why-it-will-make-you-more-productive https://hbr.org/2018/12/how-timeboxing-works-and-why-it-will...
And here is a template here: https://www.docdroid.net/SYMuub7/timebox-template-pdf https://www.docdroid.net/SYMuub7/timebox-template-pdf
On the less practical side: Some of us need peace and quite for a time to become creative. I find that this is increasingly difficult to find in a busy world/life. It's hard to tell other than they need to shut the fuck up for a few hours while your brain reset.
- sujayk_33 2y agoInteresting! I had always thought that sketching deadlines brings the best but timeboxing completes it with its second half of deciding when to start it.
- mrweasel 2y agoFor me the "What to do after you first your priorities" have also been pretty useful. I often have tasks that are important, but for some reason I don't want to do them, e.g. database migrations, production upgrades and things of that nature. Once they're scheduled and I get started, I might be able to bang out my priorities in a few hours. I'd then previously be sort of stuck, because mentally I had decided that that was the day. Now I have things I know I can start on.
- sixtyj 2y agoOriginally, “priority” referred to something singular. In Latin “prior” means “the first”. But we have shifted the meaning.