[HN Gopher] Getting things done (in small increments) (2022)
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       Getting things done (in small increments) (2022)
        
       Author : begueradj
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2023-12-31 10:22 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | mkoubaa wrote:
       | "Always know what the next thing to do is" is really powerful. I
       | never end a work day without leaving a note for the next micro
       | task I would have done if I could (or wanted to) keep going.
        
         | boiler_up800 wrote:
         | Completely agree. This is more than half the battle for me. You
         | might say it's the entire job for some roles.
        
         | PaulKeeble wrote:
         | I really like leaving a unit test failing at the end of a
         | sessopm. Its much easier to write it at the end than the
         | beginning and they are often pretty easy to complete. Its a
         | surprisingly simple way to get back into things the next time
         | you pick it up and it is I think superior to just leaving a
         | todo list of microtasks because it solves the problem of what
         | precisely you need to reload into your brain to get going, the
         | approach is at least for the first 10 minutes already decided.
        
       | lifeisstillgood wrote:
       | This reminds me of something I have been mulling on.
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       | let's call it "the death of project management".
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       | - Every Human and by extension every group of humans has an id
       | ego and superego
       | 
       | As we expand up sizes of groups (I take two orders of magnitude)
       | we treat the lower group as id and their day to day needs become
       | angry passions to us.
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       | The point being making a plan seems like ego managing the
       | balance. But far too often the plan is prescriptive guesswork and
       | holding to the plan is inflexible and frequently poor choice.
       | 
       | The point I am trying to make is plans that involve dates are
       | almost always the wrong kind of plan but we still need to track
       | where we have spent time and need to make the journey many times
       | (something about patchworks vs zippers)
        
         | voidhorse wrote:
         | Interesting idea! Along similar lines, this year, I am planning
         | in terms of number of hours available in the year and how I
         | want to allocate those hours, without binding them to specific
         | dates. We'll see how it goes and whether or not it helps me
         | accomplish what I want to accomplish.
        
       | ssgodderidge wrote:
       | Refreshing to hear this approach. Grounded in reality. As a dad,
       | I know the value of "deep work," but rarely find myself on that
       | state. As a result, I procrastinate my way into inactivity. "Oh I
       | only have 45 min."
       | 
       | Great article to break out of that cycle.
        
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