Update - I’m 60% done! 144 down, 96 to go!
I haven’t been using the random draw very much, though it was helpful at getting me started on a few of the projects early on.
This system has forced me to work on goals I’ve been procrastinating on, and made it easier to do by letting me work on the easier ones first so it’s just like “ok, now it’s this one’s turn.” Like I started working mostly on goal 4, and external deadlines pushed me into working on 1 and 2. But now that I’ve done almost all 10hrs on them, I had to start on others.
I was considering extending the system by adding more hours on each goal, which would let me work more on goals 1 and 2 now. There’s a lot more to be done on them, and they do need to be done soon. But then I realized the other goals were also important, and that’s why I made this system, to force myself to work 10 hours on each!
So the last couple days I’ve been working on goal 6 almost entirely - something I’ve been procrastinating on for months and months, and now it’s almost finished!
I really like this system - it really is giving me that blinding clarity of a deadline that @adamwolf was talking about.
Having it as a whittle-down goal really helps a lot, for some reason. I just find it so much more motivating to get rid of things I have to do than to add on to a list or chart of what I’ve done. I wonder if there’s behavioral economics or loss-aversion-type research on this?
I think I’m gonna continue making whittle-down goals for my work every week or two, and maybe even convert some others into whittle-down goals. Like I could try to meditate 20 hours a week by making a whittle-down goal for the time remaining!
