littlemagicforest t1_j7obgnb wrote on February 8, 2023 at 5:57 AM

“Eat the frog” — do the most difficult task first, everything after that will be easier and generally faster

EmeraldGlimmer t1_j7ompks wrote on February 8, 2023 at 8:18 AM

I like to start with a small task that gets me started and makes me feel like I accomplished something, and then start looking at frogs.

ValyrianJedi t1_j7pdntm wrote on February 8, 2023 at 1:43 PM

I always prefer to do it that way, but my most difficult task is usually wrangling in displeased clients, which usually ends up creating me like 5 new tasks, so now I try to schedule those for later in the day so that A, I can do the rest of my stuff without those new things on my plate, and B, the clients can't be like "I need this by end of day" when it's already end of day

Hips_of_Death t1_j7q33fi wrote on February 8, 2023 at 4:42 PM

Smart. I like this plan of attack

revolving_ocelot t1_j7qhj41 wrote on February 8, 2023 at 6:14 PM

I will gladly eat a frog, as long as it's not on my todo-list. I'll eat it to procrastinate whatever I'm really supposed to be doing. If it was on the list, you can be damn sure I wouldn't touch the bloody frog until way past its best-before date.