Most weekdays, I set the goal of myself of doing twelve focused blocks of 24 minutes of object level work (my variant on Pomodoro). Once I complete these blocks, I can do whatever I want—whether it be stop working for the rest of the day, more object level work, meta work, or anything else.
If you try something like this, I’d recommend setting a goal of doing 6(?) such blocks and then letting yourself do as much or as little meta as you want; and then potentially gradually working up to 10-13 blocks.
Most weekdays, I set the goal of myself of doing twelve focused blocks of 24 minutes of object level work (my variant on Pomodoro). Once I complete these blocks, I can do whatever I want—whether it be stop working for the rest of the day, more object level work, meta work, or anything else.
If you try something like this, I’d recommend setting a goal of doing 6(?) such blocks and then letting yourself do as much or as little meta as you want; and then potentially gradually working up to 10-13 blocks.