The "TimeInput_singleton" up and down arrows don't work in Firefox on Windows 10. Actually the down arrow does work if you try to find the right cursor position, but the up arrow seems to be impossible to click on.
Also, as elsherbini has mentioned, clicking "Done" on every item, e.g. if you set your daily defaults, is slightly annoying and I lost all of my values the first time I put them in because I forgot to do so before switching pages.
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#32I don't see how this differs from a normal calender in terms of killing procrastination? The problem I have is not that I haven't planned correctly, it's that I do not follow my plan.
> The problem I have is not that I haven't planned correctly, it's that I do not follow my plan.
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if you don't follow the plan, you haven't planned correctly. a good plan has built-in mechanisms to make you follow it. OP's project tries to give you one potential mechanism for that.
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#33I've tried a number of time-tracking/scheduling services, and I'll give this a shot. It has a pretty high bar to beat in terms of flexibility and user interface though compared to what I'm using right now, a pen and notebook.
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#34I manage a similar workflow using Trello boards, one master board with my current projects, goals etc, another that serves as a weekly template, from which I create a copy for each week. I try to visualize what I'd like to accomplish with cards placed across the days I plan on spending time on it. A daily todo card has the number of 25 minute blocks I'd like to spend towards each.
So I see the value in this product, the challenge is being in a silo without necessarily having the resources to be as flexible and available cross-platform as Trello.
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#35I don't see how this differs from a normal calender in terms of killing procrastination? The problem I have is not that I haven't planned correctly, it's that I do not follow my plan.
> The problem I have is not that I haven't planned correctly, it's that I do not follow my plan. reply if you don't follow the plan, you haven't planned correctly. a good plan has built-in mechanisms to make you follow it. OP's project tries to give you one potential mechanism for that.
>> if you don't follow the plan, you haven't planned correctly.
Nope. Procrastination is a psychological problem, not a planning problem. You can create the most perfect plan, but if you don't have the mental discipline to ignore distractions, combined with mechanisms to manage those you can't ignore, your plan will be worthless.
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#36The "TimeInput_singleton" up and down arrows don't work in Firefox on Windows 10. Actually the down arrow does work if you try to find the right cursor position, but the up arrow seems to be impossible to click on. Also, as elsherbini has mentioned, clicking "Done" on every item, e.g. if you set your daily defaults, is slightly annoying and I lost all of my values the first time I put them in because I forgot to do s…
The time input is buggy overall for me. The minutes thing seems to have problems with double digit numbers half of the time (firefox latest on sierra)
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#37I'm sure it would be helpful for many people, but for me personally once I miss a scheduled event like " At 3PM practice drawing for 2 hours, then do progrmaming from 4-5pm". If I start drawing at 3:15 and finish at 4:15, everything gets messed up. Fixed scheduling just isn't for me. I'd rather have a checklist like "draw for 2 hours" and "program for 1 hour", which I can check off daily and is flexible to my schedule.
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#38Spinners look broken and some buttons not working on Firefox (Ubuntu).
I couldnt even sign in on firefox and had to use chrome
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#39Very cool concept. Can you describe your experience in using this? Is it effective?
I've been using it since I was developing it, and it's as effective as you make of it. Imagine a pomodoro timer, but you plan your pomodoros with extreme ease. It adds a lot more structure to your day too.
is my initial time setting per day all non sleeping time? non sleeping and non work time?
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#40A 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…
> I used to delete completed items, but I found it robbed me > of a sense of accomplishment I kinda value. This contains the key to ending procrastination -- crafting one's psychological relationship to the intended task, and also to the pastimes one uses to procrastinate. You can't fit work that in an app, though. It's more like internal marketing, management, or propaganda than scheduling. > There are no perfect an…
Indeed, it's not just about getting things done. It's about creating meaning through our actions.
Only we, individually, can define what's meaningful to us, and even then, that process of understanding and evolving our desires, values, purpose etc is a constant, ongoing struggle (called life).
Most 'productivity' systems and plans become out of date as soon as we learn something new. Which is always the goal anyways.