Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow

Re:Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow by dimovich on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:13AM (#24625859)

I have a feeling a better way to follow through your goals is to decouple tasks from the time it takes to do them. Divide your time in blocks, one tasks per block. The time doesn't depend on the task, and the task doesn't depend on which block you choose to do it. For me, 3 blocks per day is optimum.

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Re:Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow by pbronez on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @07:56AM (#24626572)

Interesting idea. For me the hardest thing is carving time out to do deep work at all. It’s critical to protect that time and focus on applying to a specific thing.

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Re:Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow by dimovich on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:12AM (#24627353)

Exactly. Make space and the action will follow. Reminds me of a quote by John Carmack - “Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.”

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Re:Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow by Hammershaft on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @07:51AM (#24626526)

Can you expand more on this idea? I'm interested. What do I do if the task takes longer or shorter than the block?

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Re:Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow by dimovich on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:55AM (#24627830)

It depends. For a bigger task, can you divide it into smaller chunks? Do you have enough time to allocate a bigger block?

If the task took less than the block... hey, free time!

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