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Comment author: Elo 05 August 2015 01:22:46PM 1 point [-]

look into something called a kanban board. Consider segments of:

  • "tasks to do"
  • "single task doing now"
  • "single next task"
  • "tasks awaiting external imput"
  • "completed tasks"

Where a task X seems hard, break it down into smaller tasks, (task of break X down to smaller tasks)

As a bonus: make an estimate of how long each task will take. After completing - compare your predicting ability and update your time-guess methods.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 August 2015 02:37:13PM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure how is this relevant to my comment. I do use Complice for what you're describing, but the gist of my comment is that the need for the reminder of "single task doing right now" to be in the field of view, lest it's not getting forgotten.

Comment author: Elo 05 August 2015 02:53:50PM 1 point [-]

I thought you were looking for related task focus strategies. My mistake.

field of view

I have not found the need for the instruction to be in the field of view. I don't imagine very much of an impact if I were to place it in my field of view. I would rather use as much of my field of view as possible for the task at hand, but I will try it and get back to you.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 August 2015 10:20:36AM 0 points [-]

That'd be awesome!

Comment author: Elo 18 August 2015 06:05:36AM 1 point [-]

update: it didn't do much for me. need to try a few more times.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 August 2015 09:51:49AM 0 points [-]

Doesn't complice have this exact feature?

Comment author: [deleted] 09 August 2015 09:55:22AM 0 points [-]

Almost. It doesn't have "tasks awaiting external input" section :)

Comment author: [deleted] 09 August 2015 09:57:58AM 0 points [-]

I meant, doesn't Complice have the "single task doing right now" function?

Comment author: [deleted] 12 August 2015 08:56:43PM 0 points [-]

So I tried using this function and it's way too cluttered and distracting for me, so I guess the answer is no. The purity of Paint turned out to be pretty important.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 August 2015 11:29:24AM 0 points [-]

Oh.