From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bingo Subject: Re: An Org-based productivity tool Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:33:15 +0530 Message-ID: References: <87efcxaibq.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37900) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbZ1-0002T1-QS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:03:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbYr-0001A7-C5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:03:43 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-x634.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::634]:42099) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gAbYr-00012x-5F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:03:33 -0400 Received: by mail-pl1-x634.google.com with SMTP id c8-v6so4289303plo.9 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:03:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87efcxaibq.fsf@mbork.pl> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Marcin Borkowski Org-Mode mailing list Le 10 octobre 2018 21:45:53 GMT+05:30, Marcin Borkowski = 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=2E > Nice, but it has an anti-feature=2E For procrastinators, warnings frequen= tly have negative effects=2E It can be understood in multiple ways : 1=2E "What the hell" effect : As Dr Art Marckman tells in the book "Smart = Change" , there is a "what the hell" effect where the victim goofs off even= more to the extent of giving up a goal if he realizes that he is falling b= ehind schedule, or has goofed off more than was advisable=2E The solution i= s to forgive oneself, and not beat oneself up=2E This warning looks like be= ating oneself up=2E 2=2E Showing how much work needs to be done to catch up goes against some = self improvement philosophies=2E E=2Eg=2E dividing work into subtasks helps= in not getting overwhelmed by the amount of work=2E Or the recommendation= to plan breaks in addition to planning to slog, otherwise the plan to slog= becomes overwhelming and procrastinators give up=2E Of course, if it works for you, go for it=2E