That makes sense. I have some amount of those kinds of spirals too, especially around “I’m well-focused on my tasks and productive starting from early morning” vs. “I’m keep procrastinating on my tasks and getting distracted from the ones that I did manage to start”. Focus seems to feed additional focus and distraction seems to feed additional distraction, but distraction is often stronger, so if the focus starts slipping it’s an easy slide to complete distraction.
In that context I’d think of the percentage thing on the level of spirals than individual tasks. E.g. getting into a positive spiral on 1% of days is better than getting to a positive spiral on 0% of days, and if I get into a negative spiral on one day, I can take comfort in the fact that tomorrow may be a more positive one. (If your spirals are longer than one day, adjust appropriately.)
That makes sense. I have some amount of those kinds of spirals too, especially around “I’m well-focused on my tasks and productive starting from early morning” vs. “I’m keep procrastinating on my tasks and getting distracted from the ones that I did manage to start”. Focus seems to feed additional focus and distraction seems to feed additional distraction, but distraction is often stronger, so if the focus starts slipping it’s an easy slide to complete distraction.
In that context I’d think of the percentage thing on the level of spirals than individual tasks. E.g. getting into a positive spiral on 1% of days is better than getting to a positive spiral on 0% of days, and if I get into a negative spiral on one day, I can take comfort in the fact that tomorrow may be a more positive one. (If your spirals are longer than one day, adjust appropriately.)