Meetings without an agenda tend to produce more meetings. Habits stick when the first step is almost embarrassingly small. Rest is not the reward for work; it is part of the work.
Context
I stopped optimising my tools and started finishing my tasks. The system that survives is the one simple enough to restart after a bad week. Meetings without an agenda tend to produce more meetings. Calendars show commitments; task lists show wishes.
The system that survives is the one simple enough to restart after a bad week. Saying no early is kinder than saying yes and disappearing.
What worked
Meetings without an agenda tend to produce more meetings. Rest is not the reward for work; it is part of the work. Calendars show commitments; task lists show wishes. Saying no early is kinder than saying yes and disappearing.
Energy, not time, is usually the scarce resource. Two focused hours beat a day of half attention.
The short version
I stopped optimising my tools and started finishing my tasks. Notifications are other people’s priorities arriving uninvited. Energy, not time, is usually the scarce resource.
Calendars show commitments; task lists show wishes. Two focused hours beat a day of half attention.
Meetings without an agenda tend to produce more meetings. Rest is not the reward for work; it is part of the work.
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