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One thing I struggle with seeing just how many hours I was working in fact, but frustrated with what little output it seemed that I produced. It’s hard to celebrate the work, without having the output to show for it.
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For example, today I designated 1 hour for a task, but it ended up taking 2.5 and still didn’t feel fully satisfied with the time spent. Which then bled into tasks that I had scheduled during that time that then needed to be shifted to the next day, etc. Do you have any insight into how to navigate a situation like this?
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It's stressful to try and balance quantity with depth.
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Just yesterday I had two tasks on my list, each for 2 hours: build a prototype for a colleague and test a new version of our mobile app. I got two hours into the prototype and I was "almost done". I got to a point where I knew with some confidence how much more was left to do and that I could finish that in another hour. I decided to just truck ahead and get it all done and defer the testing task a day.
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It's nice to be able to wrap up a task or project completely whenever you can. I find that having fewer open threads means less stress and higher quality work. So opting to finish something instead of starting something else is often preferable.
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The Meditations Newsletter #113
Riding the waves of focus and energy in the face of time pressures ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ...