From: "Rudolf Adamkovič" <salutis@me.com>
To: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Manual Ordering and Dynamic Priority
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2022 12:01:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2leqslvcy.fsf@me.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86o7w0q9zr.fsf@gmail.com>
Tim Cross <theophilusx@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 <salutis@me.com> [he/him]
Studenohorská 25
84103 Bratislava
Slovakia
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-09 10:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-31 16:13 Manual Ordering and Dynamic Priority Eduardo Suarez
2022-08-31 16:27 ` indieterminacy
2022-08-31 21:42 ` Tim Cross
2022-09-09 10:01 ` Rudolf Adamkovič [this message]
2022-09-09 22:05 ` Tim Cross
2022-09-10 8:17 ` Eduardo Suarez-Santana
2022-09-02 12:52 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-06 9:15 ` Eduardo Suárez
2022-09-07 4:45 ` Ihor Radchenko
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