[emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: Structured procrastination

[Sacha Chua]

Ray Fix <address@hidden> writes:

> A   =  tasks with no dependencies
> B   =  something I would like to do but have to do one or more A tasks
> first  (at some point these are revised to A)
> C   = a task that I might do someday maybe (backburner idea)

Interesting. =)

I use ABC for something close to the original purpose. A is a task I
really should do or someone will kill me (or I'll get really annoyed
with myself). A is also for bugfixes and other things that should be
prioritized over the vast majority of my tasks, which are B. C tasks
are things to think about eventually, or little nice-to-haves I do
when I'm slacking off.

Writing down even non-important tasks pays off. I try to do something
useful all the time. This doesn't preclude me from scheduling in
Nethack breaks, though, or shirking my responsibilities and just
hanging out. ;)

> But how, you ask, do you prioritize your work?  The answer, is that I
> only schedule MUST get dones on my daily page.  Once it goes there,
> it's sacred ... it's got to get done... that day... or my world comes

Wow, that's pretty nice.

I schedule everything that comes to mind because I don't want to
forget that I wanted to do something. =)

<muses> That's why planner-list-unfinished-tasks won't work for you -
it only scans day pages... I should modify it so that it includes
undated tasks on project pages, but scanning project pages will make
it much slower.

> One of the great advantages of planner is its loosely structured
> nature.  It seems to be just enough structure to keep me organized but
> not so much structure that all I am doing is organizing.  After all,
> when all is said and done, it is in the doing that matters.

Amen!

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