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		najra on Sept 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sleep on it: How the brain processes many experien... Would work fine for jobs or deadlines, as long as the deadline isn't always in a day or two. Striving to focus on important problems instead of just urgent problems would work fine with this method.

TeMPOraL on Sept 3, 2024 [–]

Perhaps. One would have to dig themselves out of perpetually having a deadline a day or week ago, which is usually the reason one's looking for ways to improve productivity in the first place.

charlie0 on Sept 5, 2024 | [–]

Go meta here. You're trying to solve the wrong problem. Use this technique to get yourself out of this situation.

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