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Show HN: Killing Procrastination by Making Everything Fit

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Re: Show HN: Killing Procrastination by Making Everything Fit

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Post by RangerScience »

akoumjian wrote: post #52

I've found that methods like this don't actually help me avoid procrastinating. The key for me is to remove the psychological barriers to starting a particular task. I think Getting Things Done has a good approach by dedicating time to figuring out what the Next Actions are for any given task / project. The idea is that it is way easier to start on a task if what's listed is a concrete action. For example, you might…

For me, it's less that figuring out the Next Action removes hurdles, in that it gains momentum. Now I want to do the next action, and of course that action exposes additional ones...

Re: Show HN: Killing Procrastination by Making Everything Fit

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Post by kbutler »

maxkrieger wrote: post #54
elsherbini wrote: post #20

I really love the idea. I use pomodoro timing for my work, but I always have to decide on the spot what I want to do for that 25 minutes. If I'm working on one task, that's easy, but after I'm at a good stopping point with that task it's hard. I like the idea of mindfully making the todo list every day or week. Three pieces of feedback: 1) I have to click "done" after editing anything and if I forget and click on som…

The rationale for the "done" UX is that there's validation too. If you allocate too much time it'll warn ya before saving. 6 hours is a bit much default IMO, not everyone is a freelancer/workaholic.

> not everyone is a freelancer/workaholic.

No, most people work 8 hour days...

And I second the issue with clicking Done - I wanted to set up a work week, and clicked Monday's time slot, started typing (keystrokes didn't go anywhere), clicked the hour time entry, then could enter 8 hours. Repeated for each work day, then clicked Done for Friday, and saw that it lost all the other day entries, and I had to go back through the process of setting up times on M-Th...

Then decided I'd come look at this another time.

Re: Show HN: Killing Procrastination by Making Everything Fit

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Post by D-Coder »

slfnflctd wrote: post #12

A list is made. Some items are starred. Other items might be double starred, or marked in different ways. An estimate is made for the time each item will take. Eventually, items get crossed off, or 'commented out'. I do this all in a text file. It works great. I used to delete completed items, but I found it robbed me of a sense of accomplishment I kinda value. If I don't finish the list (which happens often), at lea…

"the last items on which I keep dodging."

That's why I put "Stick fork in eye" on my list. Everything else will get done first.

Re: Show HN: Killing Procrastination by Making Everything Fit

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Post by ChrisNorstrom »

I love.love.love. this. I'll try this out for the entire month of November, I promise. I love trying out new productivity apps and software. I like how I can easily look back and see if I've been productive.

I really don't like some of the UI so I crafted my own Stylish css script to override yours, makes it look a bit more professional, currently it looks like it's for middle-schoolers. Sorry.

The following CSS code basically does this: Less kindergarten-buttons, more minimal out-of-the-way UI, smaller headers, more space for content, full width support now stretches and adjusts to browser width, removes rounded borders for non-clickable objects.

.Allocator__allocator___s0wBY .Allocator__heading___2pO2F .Allocator__pills___2v0H1 {border-radius:4px;} .PlanBar__planBar___2ET1U {border-radius:0px;} .PlanList__addButton___aSwx0 {border-radius:4px;} .PlanBar__planBarSegment___2fD3q {padding-top:0px;} .DayBar__bar___13rc2 {border-radius:0px;} .MonthDay__addSubtract___2js9l{border-radius:4px;} .Allocator__allocator___s0wBY .Allocator__heading___2pO2F .Allocator__pills___2v0H1 .Allocator__selected___3cu8c {background-color:yellowgreen} .PlanList__addButton___aSwx0 {background-color:lightblue;} .PlanList__planList___3U3vn .PlanList__bottom___1zgQS {height:auto;} .PlanList__planList___3U3vn .PlanList__bottom___1zgQS {height:auto;} .PlanList__addButton___aSwx0 {border-radius:0px;} .PlanList__addButton___aSwx0 {padding:0; margin:0;} .PlanEdit__button___2AMRT {border-radius:4px;} .Allocator__allocator___s0wBY .Allocator__calendarContainer___3r2TT .Allocator__weekLabels___2OG5E .Allocator__weekdayLabel___uiapn {width:14.3%;} .WeekDay__weekDay___90P4W {width:14.3%;} .Allocator__weekdayLabel___uiapn {width:14.3%;} .MonthDay__monthDay___156P4 {width:14.3%} .Nav__nav___XdSZA {padding:0; padding-left:0;} .Nav__nav___XdSZA .Nav__navItem___1iyJS {display:none;} .Allocator__allocator___s0wBY .Allocator__heading___2pO2F {padding: 2px 5px;} .Allocator__allocator___s0wBY .Allocator__calendarContainer___3r2TT .Allocator__weekLabels___2OG5E {width:100%;} .Allocator__allocator___s0wBY .Allocator__calendarContainer___3r2TT .Allocator__calendar___-60yN {width:100%;} .PlanList__planList___3U3vn .PlanList__header___S1Rpc {padding:3px 9px;} .PlanList__planList___3U3vn ul {padding-top:43px;} .PlanList__planItem___3d2Bx {padding-bottom:0; padding: 5px 10px 9px;} .PlanList__planList___3U3vn .PlanList__header___S1Rpc {height:auto;} .Allocator__allocator___s0wBY .Allocator__calendarContainer___3r2TT .Allocator__weekLabels___2OG5E { height: 35px;} .Allocator__weekdayLabel___uiapn {height: 36px; line-height: 36px;} .MonthDay__monthDay___156P4 {height:17.6%;}

Elements that cannot be clicked should not have rounded corners. Buttons on the other hand should have slightly rounded corners.

Re: Show HN: Killing Procrastination by Making Everything Fit

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Post by Jugurtha »

bear330 wrote: post #19
maxkrieger wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's integrated time tracking. If you don't follow through in a day (say you only did 30 minutes of an hour allocated), you can reschedule very easily and down to the minute.

Procrastination is a psychological problem, not a planning problem. Seems like you solve a problem in a wrong way, or you promote your product in a wrong direction. You can say it is a combination of kanban, time tracker, project management or even habitica...blahblahblah, but it is just combination of functions not solving any procrastination problem at all.

>Procrastination is a psychological problem, not a planning problem.

This is one of those "circular cause and consequence" things.. our psychological state is a function with side effects changing the events in our lives, which are themselves functions with side effects changing our psychological state.

In other words, psychological problems can also be viewed as symptoms or consequences of something happening in the lives we live in the physical world which are shaped by the way we plan them.

If it is indeed circular, the question becomes not which one came first but which one is easiest to change and what you can make of both. This is akin to postponing the chicken/egg question, making poached eggs and chicken thighs for lunch, and thinking about the question while you eat.

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