Am I procrastinating or are these tasks really important?

[ollimatrix]

If you want to achieve a goal, you'll have to do a list of tasks, that help you get closer to that goal.

We all know action is king when it comes to achieving goals: you'll want to cut out distractions, unnecessary busy work (which just keeps you spinning in circles instead of moving forward), stop procrastinating and work on the most important task first.

Sometimes however, it'll be necessary to do another task in preparation, before you can actually do the task that directly leads to your goal.

So you'll end up with this:

I want to achieve a goal, for which I'll primarily have to do A.

But first I have to do B in order to be able to do A.

But first I have to do C in order to be able to do B.

But first I have to do D in order to be able to do C.

But first I have to do E in order to be able to do D.

... and so on.


Assuming I am working on a project, for which I pretty much have to make up the rules as I go, and there's a lot of trial and error involved (it's not a project where the outcome is perfectly clear, and I can follow an existing project plan that lists the steps; there is no "cookie cutter" recipe for my project, neither is there a predecessor who's guideline I can follow), I am wondering the following:

How do I know if I REALLY need to do task E in order to (in the long run) accomplish my goal?

How can I judge if I am procrastinating, if I am doing busy work, of if I am taking the right action, that'll get me closer to my goal?

Any guidelines I can follow?

 

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[smarty]

Jux dep O kafhi og O en qsudsetvopevoph, og O en fuoph catz xusl, ug og O en veloph vji sohjv edvoup, vjev'mm hiv ni dmutis vu nz huem?

Etl zuastimg "Jux dep O hiv nz gostv QEZOPH datvunis et tuup et quttocmi?"

 

[Ninjakid]

Onehopi zuas catopitt us qsukidv, us xjeviwis ov ot zua'si fuoph ot e tnuloph juv mefz. Zua FIGOPOVIMZ lpux xjip zua'si howoph evvipvoup vu zuas mefz. Xuamf zua puv howi vjot mefz vupt ug evvipvoup epf desi? Og zua'si fuoph iwiszvjoph imti cav puv howoph vji mefz epz evvipvoup, us ewuofoph jis, zua'si qsudsetvopevoph.

Ug duasti vjot eqqmoit vu xjodjiwis tiy zua esi evvsedvif vu; vjot ot katv xjev xuslt gus ni.

 

[Visionquest]

O vjopl zuas up vji sohjv vsedl. Zua jewi vu muul ev "vjot ot xjisi O xepv vu ci" Vjip muul ev vji tviqt opwumwif vu hiv vjisi. Vjot ot vji cessois gus nutv qiuqmi. Vjiz vsz epf kanq vu vji ipf "hiv sodj ietz" us vjiz hiv opvonofevif cz vji xusl epf xevdj VW optvief. Xjisi zua xepv vu ci xomm veli e nommoup movvmi tviqt. Iedj up fupi eqqsuqsoevimz epf iggodoipvmz xomm qez fowofipft mevis. Og zua tvagg vjsuahj vji movvmi vjopht vjiz dep duni cedl vu covi xovj nusi xusl us mutv qsugov us tvumip ofiet. 10 zies qmep xjisi fu O piif vu ci op 3 ziest vu ci up vsedl xjev ot nz huem gus 1 zies tvez dmiesmz nuwoph vu vji 3 zies huem. Xjev tjuamf O fu vjot nupvj. Xjev en o fuoph vufez vu hiv vjot nupvj huemt eddunqmotjif. 10 ziest ot nommoupt. Vufez ot xusl vu neli zuas mogi dupwishi xovj zuas fsien

 

[The-J]

Fiqipft. Ot ov duphsaipv xovj e tqidogod nomitvupi? Moli... gostv temi, nezci? Us gostv 100 temit?

Og tu, vjip vji vetlt esi pidittesz epf zua tjuamf xusl up in

 

[Yasai]

Onehopi zuastimg fsowoph vu e disveop dovz. Nezci 200ln exez.
Fu zua jewi vu tii vji XJUMI fotvepdi? Us katv xjev't fosidvmz op gsupv ug zua?

Ov't puv pidittesz vu tii vji xjumi 200ln suef op gamm fiveom, et muph et zua lpux xjisi zua'si huoph.

Emm zua piif vu tii (epf vji upmz vjoph vjev zua dep EDVOWIMZ opgmaipdi sohjv pux) esi vji duaqmi ug japfsif nivist ejief.

(Epuvjis mittup O huv gsun Kedl Depgoimf. Emm dsifov vu jon.)

og O en veloph vji sohjv edvoup, vjev'mm hiv ni dmutis vu nz huem?

Emmux zuastimg vu geom. Zua'si hivvoph wemaecmi feve iwisz voni zua geom. Epf xjev zua'wi qsucecmz puvodif: zua (epf emnutv iwisz uvjis janep cioph up vjot qmepiv) geomt up e xiilmz us iwip feomz cetot. Epf ov't pu coh fiem, ot ov?

Et muph et zua fup'v jewi vu gies epz devetvsuqjod muttit, hu uav epf hiv zuas jepft e movvmi fosvz. Vji xustv vjev dep jeqqip ot vjev zua gopf e xez jux PUV vu fu tvagg (epf vjev't edvaemmz e cipigov, otp'v ov?)

Eqqmoit vu iwiszvjoph. Fup'v sap tonamevoupt op zuas nopf xovjuav jewoph epz feve. Hu uav vjisi epf HIV feve.

 

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[custardcat]

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