Pacing is more productive than "being more productive".
I used to try and squeeze maximum productivity out of a workday by tracking time, having well-itemised todo lists, and switching off my phone and other notifications while I worked (still do the last one).
Until I realised that the majority of things on my to-do list, that were taking up so much of that precious time, were all working towards a goal that wasn't important... or no goal at all.
So I started setting quarterly and yearly goals (with the quarterlies being a fragment of the annual).
And stuff melted off my to-do list.
By pacing myself with the goal-oriented stuff, I didn't need to scramble to get through the mountain of just, stuff.
Some just stuff that melted away:
Goals help you focus on the important stuff. My favourite thing this year has been watching my to-do list melt into insignificance 🫠
(...really just to a smaller list).
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