Tim Cross <theophil...@gmail.com> writes: > - Life is about getting things done, not planning to get things > done. Overly complex management of your tasks is very likely to > result in more time spent managing the tasks than actually doing > the tasks.
Let me share a slightly different experience. I used to minimize the time I spent on planning, wanting to start "actually doing the tasks". Looking back, it often led to pointless work and wasted time. So, I changed my ways! These days, I do not mind spending half a day, or more, on planning my learning week at school. I also do not mind "more time spent managing the tasks than actually doing the tasks" because I noticed that it might, unexpectedly, change the entire equation. For example, at work, I noticed that careful planning, which includes design, can save ten times the time it takes, though one never knows for sure beforehand. For another example, I spent two days designing my Org Agenda. I first made some drawings on paper, thinking carefully about what I want from it, and then configured Emacs to compute it that way. It might sound crazy, for I could have spent those two days "actually doing the tasks", but I thank myself every day for doing it! Rudy -- "Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations." -- Ernst Mach, 1838-1916 Rudolf Adamkovič <salu...@me.com> [he/him] Studenohorská 25 84103 Bratislava Slovakia