I define a set of rules, processes & goals for myself to follow. They all act as a framework for how I lead my life and keep my focus.

Focusing on what's important

I use 2Do as my personal task manager. I schedule events in my calendar and plan the day/week in context of my tasks & priorities.

I work on ideas I find valuable to me most & make things.

I focus on solving problems & limit distractions (only essential notifications setup).

I support my happiness by working on projects that I care about and looking after my health.

I have 2Do setup to schedule a weekly Sunday review & plan task.

Notes

• You can't manage projects. You can only manage actions related to projects.

• ​Brains aren’t for holding info, they’re for thinking. So if you can empty your brain out by writing stuff onto a todo list, onto your calendar, etc, your brain will have more space for the high level stuff that’s a bit harder to get on paper. And if you wrote down “do thing” on the todo-list… well you just have to do the thing afterwards. There’s nothing to think about or redigest if you write out the things in more detail​

• ​If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.​

• ​Every high performer is fundamentally relaxed, and practices minimal use of effort to get a given result. Don't try harder: eliminate tensions.​

Links

• ​Maker's schedule​

• ​Productivity - Amazing post by Sam Altman. (HN)

• ​Shipping vs. Fiddling - Sometimes it's best to focus on getting things done and not fighting the tools/software.

• ​It or Nothing (2019)​

• ​Be Too Busy to “Do Coffee”​

• ​Ask HN: What tools/methods do you use to focus your time well? (2019) (Lobsters)

• ​Ask HN: How do you stay disciplined in the long run? (2019)​

• ​How to Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent​

• ​Prioritizing (2019)​

• ​Lobsters: What is procrastination, exactly? (2019)​

• ​The Power of Shower Thoughts: Trusting Your Mind to Work in the Background (2019) (HN)

• ​Ask HN: How do I overcome mental laziness? (2020)​

• ​HN: Kick the Shit Out of Procrastination (2020)​

• ​Noise, Cognitive Function, and Worker Productivity (2020) (HN)

• ​GTD in 15 minutes - Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done.

• ​Your Theme (2020)​

• ​Warren Buffett's "2 List" Strategy: How to Maximize Your Focus and Master Your Priorities​

• ​Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficult emotions (2020) (HN)

• ​My weekly review habit​

• ​How to finish your side project (HN)

• ​Deep Work and the 30-Hour Method for Learning a New Skill (2018) (HN)

• ​How to stop procrastinating by using the Fogg Behavior Model (2020) (HN)

• ​Thoughts on deep work (2020)​

• ​How to Be Indistractable (HN)

• ​Attention is your scarcest resource (2020) (HN)

• ​Why Is It So Hard to Do Something That Should Be Easy?​

• ​'Ugh fields', or why you can’t even bear to think about that task (2020) (HN)

• ​Work on What Matters (HN)