Actually useful productivity guides: - [Start immediately and chunk it out](https://learnhowtolearn.org/how-i-cured-procrastination/) - Start everything immediately - Break larger tasks into chunks and plan to finish early - STOP after you finish a chunk - [Maker's Schedule](https://paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html) - [PMarca Productivity](https://pmarchive.com/guide_to_personal_productivity.html) - don't keep a schedule - Keep only three lists: a Todo List, a Watch List, and a Later List - Every night write 3-5 things to do the next day - [Structured procrastination](https://www.structuredprocrastination.com/) - Strategic Incompetence - Email twice a day, zero inbox at the end - Real sit-down breakfast - Only agree to commitments when your head + heart say yes - [Sama Productivity](https://blog.samaltman.com/productivity) - [Newsfeed Eradicator](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/news-feed-eradicator/fjcldmjmjhkklehbacihaiopjklihlgg?hl=en&pli=1) ([Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/news-feed-eradicator/)) ## My Method (work in progress) Goal: Make doing what I need to do first *less painful* 1. Start everything immediately. Make an obsidian file and link it to a task. 2. Large tasks get broken down into chunks, each gets an obsidian task 3. STOP after I finish a chunk 4. Only commit when my head + heart says yes then write it down 5. email zero morning and evening