Is “Do It Now” still a valid time management strategy? After all, didn’t Adam Smith demonstrate that we could do things faster by doing the same thing over and over, rather than suffering the overhead of switching between tasks? So is it better to keep on top of expenses day by day, or pile them up to be done at the end of the month? Should you write a month’s worth of blog posts all together, or day by day as thoughts occur to you? Indeed, is it better to take a month off to study something important, or try and fit an hour in here and there?
I’ve tried both strategies to a lesser or greater extent, and on balance I come down on the side of Do It Now. For jobs that take perhaps 15 – 30 minutes, and definitely need to be done, I think it is better to get them done and not let them get transferred from To Do list to To Do list. When the idea is fresh in your mind, or the task has become apparent, it is extremely efficient to get it done as fast as possible, otherwise it starts to weigh you down day after day. And the more little tasks can get cleared up, the more mental energy you have for the big things.
The danger is filling the day with “busy work” rather than important work, so timing is important. I work best in the morning, so I try to do smaller tasks and tidying up jobs in the afternoon. The key, though, is to keep on top of them so they don’t become a big job.
Another danger is that the job doesn’t really need to be done at all, and if you leave it, it will just go away. That’s a valid point, I guess, but it leaves out the mental energy that’s needed to keep on top of all those “someday-maybe” jobs. I think it’s better to make a yes/no decision and either do it or bin it.
What do you think? Are you a Do It Now person?
Friday, 7 March 2014
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