From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ihor Radchenko Subject: Re: An Org-based productivity tool Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:08:26 +0800 Message-ID: <87bm80bjx1.fsf@yantar92-laptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: <87efcxaibq.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57640) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAcbk-0004Tw-4T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:10:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAcbe-0005CR-7s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:10:36 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-x42b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::42b]:35031) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAcba-00055x-Gu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:10:28 -0400 Received: by mail-pf1-x42b.google.com with SMTP id l17-v6so4576614pff.2 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:10:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Peter Neilson , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, you could associate a reward to that kind of tasks. For example, you can allow yourself to work half a day. Alternatively, you can make a task you would like to do (say, watch a new movie) to be blocked until the unwanted task is done. "Peter Neilson" writes: > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:03:15 -0400, Bingo wrote: > >> Le 10 octobre 2018 21:45:53 GMT+05:30, Marcin Borkowski = =20=20 >> a =C3=A9crit : >> >>> >>> - a warning when my efficiency is lower than a set value, and info >>> about >>> how much work I need to do to bump it up to that value. >>> >> >> Nice, but it has an anti-feature. For procrastinators, warnings=20=20 >> frequently have negative effects. It can be understood in multiple ways : >> >> 1. "What the hell" effect : As Dr Art Marckman tells in the book "Smart= =20=20 >> Change" , there is a "what the hell" effect where the victim goofs off= =20=20 >> even more to the extent of giving up a goal if he realizes that he is=20= =20 >> falling behind schedule, or has goofed off more than was advisable. The= =20=20 >> solution is to forgive oneself, and not beat oneself up. This warning=20= =20 >> looks like beating oneself up. >> >> 2. Showing how much work needs to be done to catch up goes against some= =20=20 >> self improvement philosophies. E.g. dividing work into subtasks helps in= =20=20 >> not getting overwhelmed by the amount of work. Or the recommendation to= =20=20 >> plan breaks in addition to planning to slog, otherwise the plan to slog= =20=20 >> becomes overwhelming and procrastinators give up. >> >> Of course, if it works for you, go for it. > > Sabotage of the TODO list ... > > Managing the flow of my own work sometimes runs into unintended sabotage,= =20=20 > perpetrated by others or by me. The offending tasks are often large,=20=20 > incapable of division, and not immediately crucial. For example, somewher= e=20=20 > in the middle of my list of "Get it done some other time, but not now,"= =20=20 > tasks is this one: "Repair the International 454 tractor." It rests=20=20 > comfortably on that list unless I either (1) need to use that tractor, or= =20=20 > (2) hear my wife telling me, "Why don't you ever get the 454 running? You= =20=20 > never get anything done around here! I need to use its bucket, and the=20= =20 > Mahindra doesn't have one." From that point onward, and my "TODO" thought= s=20=20 > about writing, about programming, or about training horses are derailed.= =20=20 > In case (1) I need to figure out some other approach, like maybe using th= e=20=20 > Mahindra. In case (2) my wife is right--as always--and my tendency is to= =20=20 > stop doing anything at all. > > My org mode TODO list is absolutely no help when I encounter one of these= =20=20 > show-stoppers. If anything, the list is an additional albatross adding to= =20=20 > my already encroaching depression. > > Maybe I need a brain-wave detector, connecting through emacs-lisp AI code= =20=20 > to a huge Pomodoro-style graphic display, that will alert me when I am=20= =20 > goofing off, falling asleep, or practicing mental evasion. > --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEERZAHPFbUe3JemmzmZHB2Kn2hHYsFAlu/Z2sACgkQZHB2Kn2h HYtoNAgAvpR2b8CFCdeBMK/xnY+GghlrvB9RNKBktRSO1h1AKmJQFh6PSNg1ppRW LnWWERl4ho1zMyN7IRdtndYzLS9WVO1dx8/m1SCLaKvrI+B51AOiSfHeQ0adCKaV LR7JoTeMvEpVXBE1+skZpZiieYV8Rhj9nETtYZS5ejrLw/r3zHisOi7lda4aMZhc 40Y0+DAR9DWMTNZnHq8RqIj2GADvmOQSchM8ZV6Ft17o4yaD7plei3s5tR/hegu9 OaTXGWGEd9TTZ7V6kwAawJzUN9MkDgPT8+O5IhWPpbwIedDjWm2hvLag7FM50zp8 lTf/8pOwVQ/6KeyiuWtmIn6IebnDFw== =ekfR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--