Yeah, I'm talking about the month or even multiple month level. Also, our company's culture is similar to your last statement - get your work done, and please d

Yeah, I'm talking about the month or even multiple month level. Also, our company's culture is similar to your last statement - get your work done, and please don't kill yourself. Work/life balance is important to us. I'm in a similar situation as you, one of an upper echelon of devs and while nothing is ever official sometimes increasingly there are people "under" me on any given project. So because of that, the tasks that I'm holding in my mind and have deadlines for tend to be longer running - not the typical 4 hour sprint ticket. If I was fresh out of college and simply pulling stickies off the queue I'd likely have a different take on things. In those situations it's literally just a matter of doing something and moving on to the next something. My personal experience these days is different, it takes a little bit to shift gears and move on to the next thing, it's not as simple as simply grabbing a sticky.