Do you start your day by doing the easiest task on your list or the hardest?
Ezgi Aydın
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I always do a slow start and do my easiest task first. What is your opinion on this?
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Garland Coulson (Captain Time)@captaintime
"Worst first" always. Then I reward myself with my easy tasks late in the day. [I am a time management coach]
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easiest. Always start my day by checking on my stats dashboards :)
For sure we all have différent levels of energy throughout the day. Most likely you will not be right away in it first half hour or After lunch.
Personally hours in the morning are my most productive one. Dépends on how you are organized and if you work alone.
For example I like to start my day early so that I Can Do deepwork before slack lights up like a christmas three 😁
Also I think its important not to make the mistake of having too much for a day in your todo. If you move task from one day to the next constantly might bé that you have too much not that you need to better organize. Can get you demotivated real fast!
DataTable.dev
It depends on my mood. Sometimes I just need some time to procrastinate. But usually I do the hardest. Once I've read about Eat the Frog, I've stared to practice this and it's really productive practice. If you are not yet familiar with Eat the Frog method, just google it, it is really worthy.
The priority one...based on submission time.
Hunted Space
I first tackle the hardest tasks. As the day progresses I lose energy and motivation so I like to start out strong and finish gently 😊
Great one! I always recommend to start with a couple of less-than-2-minutes kind of tasks - for "warm-up" 😉 and then straight to the 1-2 big ones of today...
It depends on the task at hand. Sometimes it's necessary to start with the easiest tasks to build momentum. It's all about finding the right approach for each situation.
Hard tasks first as there is more energy at that moment.
Tackling with the easiest tasks on the list first. This helps gain a sense of accomplishment and build momentum for the more challenging tasks ahead.
Schovis
Depends on the day. If I have the entire day free ahead of me, I pick the hardest task so that I can finish it that day. If I think I don't have enough time to complete a difficult task, then I pick easier ones. This way I at least manage to finish them :)
Hardest, need some extra energy more to be solved. lol
Easy then hard! It gives a sense of accomplishment which encourages me to continue on.
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IXORD
I'm most likely the type of person that starts right away with difficult tasks.
HyperTest
Depends on my energy and focus level of that particular day. On general days, I usually start by hard tasks at first, because as the day comes to an end, my focus and interest becomes a little shaky!😅
Allinpod
easy then hard 😅
Humbird AI
Couldn't agree with you more. Crossing of an item in my list gives me a satisfaction of being productive and to me it's the biggest self-motivator, especially, when it happens earlier in the day.