Time Management

The accurate measure of any time management technique is whether it helps you neglect the right things.[¹]

We find more charm in hope than possessions, dreams, or reality. The reality, unlike fantasy, is a realm in which we don’t have limitless control of time and can’t hope to meet our perfectionist standards.

The “next and most necessary thing” is all we can aspire to do at any moment. Resist the allure of middling priorities. All you can do, it’s also all you have to do.

Limit your work in progress. Establish predetermined time boundaries for your daily work.

Focus on one big project at a time (or at most, one work project and one nonwork project) and see it to completion before moving on to what’s next.

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[¹]: Oliver Burkeman(2021): Four Thousand Weeks (https://www.amazon.com/Four-Thousand-Weeks-Management-Mortals-ebook/dp/B08FGV64B1/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1649852994&sr=8-1)