7 tweets · November 2018 · 4 likes · 3 retweets · read on Twitter
1/ Some thinking I'm doing today re the core @CompliceGoals question "Is [what I did today] enough?" For different goals, people would have different answers to "how often & how much do you need to work at this goal?" or "what workflow constitutes effective focus on this goal?"
2/ Some sample answers to focus question: 1. ~mon-fri 9-5 (eg day job) 2. a few hours every day (eg blogging) 3. a few key habits (eg health goal) 4. every moment (eg mindset goal) 5. periodic deep work sessions (eg one full day each week writing/coding) 6. < what else?? >
3/ ...and some combinations of the above. When I recorded an album in 2012, it was a mix of 2 & 5, practicing and then spending a day in the studio. Plus of course choosing which songs to record, designing the cover art, etc. (The album: maleidoscope.bandcamp.com)
4/ I'm considering adding an explicit thing to complice.co for specifying desired kind of focus for each goal, to better guide people towards that focus. eg answering "is this enough?" with "yes/no/day-off"—those answers mean different things depending on context!
5/ With a deep-work-session goal, the emphasis should be on helping the user set aside a day or an afternoon for that work. Target is 6 day-offs & 1 enough per week. Day job expects 5 enoughs of course, & actually taking the other 2 days off is often itself part of the goal! 😉
6/ But then for a habit/routine goal, days off should be rare, and the system should help the user reflect on the choices that contribute to adherence. And for a 2h/day goal, the system should help the user come up with what to spend that time doing that feels worth tackling.
7/ Are there other workflows for goals? How can a productivity system best guide its users to the right kind of work on each goal? How can it help people identify which goals are which? I'm interested in your thoughts!