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		scrdhrt on Jan 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tricks to start working despite not feeling like i... I apply the LT5 rule: If a task takes Less Than 5 minutes, do it now. This works really well for me because I can concat several LT5 tasks.

twic on Jan 21, 2020 [–]

I often apply this rule, then find that the task actually takes half an hour, and now i'm two hours late for something.

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