Comments on: High Impact Productivity: The Lowly Plan http://gqkzq9xu.lauraearnest.com.dream.website/high-impact-productivity-the-lowly-plan/ Deliberate Living Made Simple Wed, 30 May 2018 20:54:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: LJ Earnest http://gqkzq9xu.lauraearnest.com.dream.website/high-impact-productivity-the-lowly-plan/#comment-1448 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 02:57:16 +0000 http://www.simpleproductivityblog.com/?p=10657#comment-1448 In reply to jlogister.

Parkinson’s law states “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”. I’m not very good at estimating time, but I have a tendency to estimate low because I know it will take longer if I allow it. 🙂 Still working on that part.

]]> By: jlogister http://gqkzq9xu.lauraearnest.com.dream.website/high-impact-productivity-the-lowly-plan/#comment-1447 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 02:49:42 +0000 http://www.simpleproductivityblog.com/?p=10657#comment-1447 Great post. I have been experimenting a lot with planning but I am slowly forming a system that works for me. I never list more then five priority tasks. That forces me to really think about what I write down as a priority. I plan one hour for every task. If it takes more time, then I divide it in separate tasks. I need those short bursts of work time to be more productive. If I write down one hour, I usually finish in one hour. If I write down three hours, I finish in three hours. After finishing my priority list, I switch to the next five lower priority items that I would like to get done.

Indeed, a day rarely goes as planned but it is very comforting to see what is coming. That feeling of having control over the day is great.

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