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Used well repeating tasks have compounding beneficial effects
Used poorly repeating tasks become a burden
If you just automatically assign them without having an easy way to commit or not commit - you will likely just ignore them.
You want to get these “just right”. Be very selective about what really is a repeating chore.
What about monthly chores?
How you can use them well
Getting smarter about repeating tasks - building habits, handling chores ...
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Hi everyone,
Sometimes the small things can have outsized effects. I think that repeating tasks used well is just like this.
Used well repeating tasks have compounding beneficial effects
Here are some of the beneficial results you should expect:
- Don’t forget important stuff!
- One (or more) fewer decisions to make
- you thought that task was a good idea to do daily or on day x - just commit and do it
- this will help to save your intentional resources for more important things
- Less emotional energy required to get started
- Chores can be important and keep things running smoothly, reduce the activation energy, by making them (just) easy enough to take on, and still do them with commitment
- repeating calendar events sometimes work, mostly just for a short time, then they become ignorable calendar noise, and stop happening
- decide up front carefully when they really need to happen
- then see them as possible tasks without you “having to create them”
- then choose to do them or not (commit or not)
Used poorly repeating tasks become a burden
If you have too many repeating tasks, your days will be mostly a chore - not fun.
If you just automatically assign them without having an easy way to commit or not commit - you will likely just ignore them.
You want to get these “just right”. Be very selective about what really is a repeating chore.
What about monthly chores?
I don’t currently support these. For now, if these really matter to be done at a particular time of the month - create a recurring monthly block in your calendar. Then sync your calendar and you’ll see it in flow.
How you can use them well
- Tasks > Repeating tasks (or use the Command Palette, search for Repeating)
- Only 1-3 daily repeating tasks.
- ideally have 1 of these be a new habit you are trying to get into (for me, I’m currently working on my gratitude practice).
- Only a few days have special tasks (for me usually only Friday)
Pro Tips:
- Don’t forget to add a time estimate so that you can easily start an intentional timer
- use
(notes: helpful notes)to add reference notes for this - use
\topto make sure this gets assigned to the top of your tasks (and\lastif it is not as important)
The AI agents should now all also be able to help you think about your repeating tasks (both conversational and text agents).
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