When i'd sit down with my bullet journal, i'd go, "Okay, i have 2 hours today for my chores. What can i get down in that time?" And then i'd list all that i could think of and i'd stop listing once i thought that all the tasks combined would take me 2 hours. I'd do this for every category of tasks i could think of. I had an additional space where i'd keep track of all the tasks related to projects, so i could only list the tasks i thought i might do that day (and sometimes being very wrong). That ended up giving me blocks of tasks in my journal, or batches.
But then when i'd start working, i'd work on a project for a set amount of time and i'd reference the block related to that project. Then i'd take a break and think, i need to do some chores and i'd refer to the block with chores. Then i'd go back to work and referencing the block for the same project or another one.
I tried listing out tasks in the order i meant to do them, but that didn't work so well for me. Also i then had a huge block of tasks that were one, difficult to read, and two, difficult to write too since i had to keep everything in my head until i got to the time i thought i might be able to do it. By listing them out thematically, or categorically, i can keep much better track of them and i find it much easier to estimate how much time something will take in the future. Something about my mental state when i see a batch of tasks vs. the entire wall of them i used to have.
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Date: 2022-04-20 09:28 am (UTC)But then when i'd start working, i'd work on a project for a set amount of time and i'd reference the block related to that project. Then i'd take a break and think, i need to do some chores and i'd refer to the block with chores. Then i'd go back to work and referencing the block for the same project or another one.
I tried listing out tasks in the order i meant to do them, but that didn't work so well for me. Also i then had a huge block of tasks that were one, difficult to read, and two, difficult to write too since i had to keep everything in my head until i got to the time i thought i might be able to do it. By listing them out thematically, or categorically, i can keep much better track of them and i find it much easier to estimate how much time something will take in the future. Something about my mental state when i see a batch of tasks vs. the entire wall of them i used to have.