Building in Thinking Time

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There’s the time you spend doing the thing, and then there’s the time you spend getting yourself to do the thing.

Sometimes, the latter takes longer.

Emptying the dishwasher is like a 60-second job, but I can easily spend 30 minutes procrastinating doing it.

While I probably just need to hang a JUST DO IT sign on the dishwasher, there are some activities that I argue we should build in time to think about doing.

The extra time includes:

  • Considering

  • Thinking

  • Contemplating

  • Journaling

  • Planning

  • Organizing

  • Prepping

Do you add extra buffer time to your to-do list items?

HabitsSarah Arnold-Hall