Comment by laurieherault
2 days ago
I am a developer and I actually struggle with this myself. That is why I use the app I showed in the video in the article. When I get stuck on a task, I break it down into smaller tasks. But at first, I only write basic logical steps. I do not try to plan my whole day in advance because that usually leads to failure.
And if something is really hard to plan ahead, like doing research, I can create 5 minute tickets.
Yeah I do the time “ticket” concept for this, I create a timer. But I do have hard time jumping to create these tasks.
To me I sometimes see past these patches for my problem, which is a pain threshold that I need to resist running away from when facing a complicated problem, and why is there pain at all? It all becomes a math equation where you have a better thing to do vs the one you are doing and how to rework your mind to calculate it differently