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</style></head><body><div class="ui fluid container" id="neuron-theme-default-black"><nav class="top-menu"><div class="ui inverted compact neuron icon menu black"><a class="left item" href="." title="Home"><i class="home icon"></i></a><a class="left item" href="search.html" title="Search Zettels"><i class="search icon"></i></a><a class="center item" href="https://github.com/thermokarst/zettel/edit/main/9db45ab6.md" title="Edit this Zettel"><i class="edit icon"></i></a><a class="right item" href="z-index.html" title="All Zettels (z-index)"><i class="tree icon"></i></a></div></nav><nav class="flipped tree deemphasized" id="zettel-uptree" style="transform-origin: 50%"><ul class="root"><li><ul><li><div class="forest-link"><span class="zettel-link-container"><span class="zettel-link"><a href="acc60422.html">practices</a></span></span></div></li></ul></li></ul></nav><div class="ui text container" id="zettel-container" style="position: relative"><div id="zettel-container-anchor" style="position: absolute; top: -24px; left: 0"></div><div class="zettel-view"><article class="ui raised attached segment zettel-content"><div class="pandoc"><h1 id="focus-requires-a-rigorous-contract">focus requires a rigorous contract</h1><p>Balancing many disparate tasks is good for my morale (“Wow! If I get bored with this one thing, I can just do something else!”), but feeling “behind” is most decidedly <em>not</em> good for my morale. Timeblocking and scheduling are great, but they require <em>discipline</em>. I like to think that I am effectively entering into a short-term contract with myself. If the terms aren’t clear, the chances of failure go up (significantly). Interestingly, I think this scenario represents a conflict of interest: I am basically the party responsible for <em>monitoring</em> that contract, as well as the one actually executing the work.</p><p>Besides having a clear plan (a statement of work) I think the next biggest concern involves distractions. In my experience, you can’t get rid of distractions, but you can be judicious about <em>what</em> distractions you choose to entertain. That gets to the same end-goal of choosing <em>when</em> to focus on distractions, but puts a different emphasis on the problem.</p><p>The “hard” part (to me) is that developing the intuition of what to do (and when) is much easier said than done. Maybe because it is a constantly moving target?</p></div><div class="metadata"><div class="date" title="Zettel date"><time datetime="2020-11-09T16:48">2020-11-09</time></div></div></article><nav class="ui bottom attached segment deemphasized backlinks-container"><h3 class="ui header">Backlinks</h3><ul class="backlinks"><li><span class="zettel-link-container folgezettel"><span class="zettel-link"><a href="acc60422.html">practices</a><span data-nosnippet=""><sup title="Branching link (folgezettel)">ᛦ</sup></span></span></span><ul class="context-list" style="zoom: 85%;"><li class="item"><div class="pandoc">Linking by tag: <code>practices/**</code></div></li></ul></li><li><span class="zettel-link-container cf"><span class="zettel-link"><a href=".">index</a></span></span><ul class="context-list" style="zoom: 85%;"><li class="item"><div class="pandoc">Linking by tag: <code>timeline/**</code></div></li></ul></li></ul><a class="ui basic label zettel-tag" href="search.html?tag=timeline" title="See all zettels tagged &#39;timeline&#39;">timeline</a><a class="ui basic label zettel-tag" href="search.html?tag=practices" title="See all zettels tagged &#39;practices&#39;">practices</a><a class="ui basic label zettel-tag" href="search.html?tag=productivity" title="See all zettels tagged &#39;productivity&#39;">productivity</a></nav></div></div><script>if (window.scrollY == 0) { document.getElementById("zettel-container-anchor").scrollIntoView({behavior: "smooth", block: "start"}); }</script><div class="ui center aligned container footer-version"><div class="ui tiny image"><a href="https://neuron.zettel.page"><img alt="logo" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/srid/neuron/master/assets/neuron.svg" title="Generated by Neuron" /></a></div></div></div></body></html>
</style></head><body><div class="ui fluid container" id="neuron-theme-default-black"><nav class="top-menu"><div class="ui inverted compact neuron icon menu black"><a class="left item" href="." title="Home"><i class="home icon"></i></a><a class="left item" href="search.html" title="Search Zettels"><i class="search icon"></i></a><a class="center item" href="https://github.com/thermokarst/zettel/edit/main/9db45ab6.md" title="Edit this Zettel"><i class="edit icon"></i></a><a class="right item" href="z-index.html" title="All Zettels (z-index)"><i class="tree icon"></i></a></div></nav><nav class="flipped tree deemphasized" id="zettel-uptree" style="transform-origin: 50%"><ul class="root"><li><ul><li><div class="forest-link"><span class="zettel-link-container"><span class="zettel-link"><a href="acc60422.html">practices</a></span></span></div></li></ul></li></ul></nav><div class="ui text container" id="zettel-container" style="position: relative"><div id="zettel-container-anchor" style="position: absolute; top: -24px; left: 0"></div><div class="zettel-view"><article class="ui raised attached segment zettel-content"><div class="pandoc"><h1 id="focus-requires-a-rigorous-contract">focus requires a rigorous contract</h1><p>Balancing many disparate tasks is good for my morale (“Wow! If I get bored with this one thing, I can just do something else!”), but feeling “behind” is most decidedly <em>not</em> good for my morale. Timeblocking and scheduling are great, but they require <em>discipline</em>. I like to think that I am effectively entering into a short-term contract with myself. If the terms aren’t clear, the chances of failure go up (significantly). Interestingly, I think this scenario represents a conflict of interest: I am basically the party responsible for <em>monitoring</em> that contract, as well as the one actually executing the work.</p><p>Besides having a clear plan (a statement of work) I think the next biggest concern involves distractions. In my experience, you can’t get rid of distractions, but you can be judicious about <em>what</em> distractions you choose to entertain. That gets to the same end-goal of choosing <em>when</em> to focus on distractions, but puts a different emphasis on the problem.</p><p>The “hard” part (to me) is that developing the intuition of what to do (and when) is much easier said than done. Maybe because it is a constantly moving target?</p></div><div class="metadata"><div class="date" title="Zettel date"><time datetime="2020-11-09T16:48">2020-11-09</time></div></div></article><nav class="ui bottom attached segment deemphasized backlinks-container"><h3 class="ui header">Backlinks</h3><ul class="backlinks"><li><span class="zettel-link-container folgezettel"><span class="zettel-link"><a href="acc60422.html">practices</a><span data-nosnippet=""><sup title="Branching link (folgezettel)">ᛦ</sup></span></span></span><ul class="context-list" style="zoom: 85%;"><li class="item"><div class="pandoc">Linking by tag: <code>practices/**</code></div></li></ul></li><li><span class="zettel-link-container cf"><span class="zettel-link" data-inverted="" data-position="right center" data-tooltip="Tags: timeline; practices; productivity"><a href="dc879f80.html">how i stay (somewhat) organized</a></span></span><ul class="context-list" style="zoom: 85%;"><li class="item"><div class="pandoc">Timeblock the day’s schedule (see: <span class="zettel-link-container cf"><span class="zettel-link" data-inverted="" data-position="right center" data-tooltip="Tags: timeline; practices; productivity"><a href="9db45ab6.html">focus requires a rigorous contract</a></span></span>), incorporating prior engagements, any urgent ad hoc tasks, and the week’s goals (more below).</div></li></ul></li><li><span class="zettel-link-container cf"><span class="zettel-link"><a href=".">index</a></span></span><ul class="context-list" style="zoom: 85%;"><li class="item"><div class="pandoc">Linking by tag: <code>timeline/**</code></div></li></ul></li></ul><a class="ui basic label zettel-tag" href="search.html?tag=timeline" title="See all zettels tagged &#39;timeline&#39;">timeline</a><a class="ui basic label zettel-tag" href="search.html?tag=practices" title="See all zettels tagged &#39;practices&#39;">practices</a><a class="ui basic label zettel-tag" href="search.html?tag=productivity" title="See all zettels tagged &#39;productivity&#39;">productivity</a></nav></div></div><script>if (window.scrollY == 0) { document.getElementById("zettel-container-anchor").scrollIntoView({behavior: "smooth", block: "start"}); }</script><div class="ui center aligned container footer-version"><div class="ui tiny image"><a href="https://neuron.zettel.page"><img alt="logo" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/srid/neuron/master/assets/neuron.svg" title="Generated by Neuron" /></a></div></div></div></body></html>