Hacker Bits, Issue 12

Why scheduling works so well
When you schedule things, you are forced to deal with the fact that there are only so many hours in a
week. You’re forced to make choices rather than add something to a never ending to-do list that only
becomes a source of anxiety. And you can’t just schedule important work and creative stuff. You need
to schedule time for rest and recovery and mundane things like email.
Scheduling things also creates a visual feedback mechanism for how you actually spend your
time — something we’re intentionally blind to because we won’t like what we see.
Being more productive isn’t always about doing more, it’s about being more conscious about
what you work on and putting your energy into the two or three things that will really make a
difference.
Of course this is only part of the solution. •
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Reprinted with permission of the original author. First appeared at medium.com/personal-growth.
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