Then why leave it til later? three solid evenings today or thee solid evenings a week before it’s due? it shouldn’t matter to you… but if you do it now you’ll at least know that you don’t have any other matters interfering with it, and that if something suddenly comes up you can always finish it next weekend.
Whereas if you leave it to the last week… if a personal emergency comes up—there’s nothing you can do, you still have to get it done anyway.
No matter when I choose to do it, I have to give up something I pressingly want to do at the time, whether it’s cooking or posting on LessWrong or sleep. Doing a project early always makes me feel like I’m giving up what I really want to be doing for no good reason, since it’s not even due yet. …And no that’s not especially rational, but it’s not (usually) dysfunctional either.
Then why leave it til later? three solid evenings today or thee solid evenings a week before it’s due? it shouldn’t matter to you… but if you do it now you’ll at least know that you don’t have any other matters interfering with it, and that if something suddenly comes up you can always finish it next weekend.
Whereas if you leave it to the last week… if a personal emergency comes up—there’s nothing you can do, you still have to get it done anyway.
It’s much better time-management to do it early.
No matter when I choose to do it, I have to give up something I pressingly want to do at the time, whether it’s cooking or posting on LessWrong or sleep. Doing a project early always makes me feel like I’m giving up what I really want to be doing for no good reason, since it’s not even due yet. …And no that’s not especially rational, but it’s not (usually) dysfunctional either.
:) I totally know that feeling. Too many interesting things to do, too little time!
If you’re interested, I recommend Refuse to Choose by Barbara Sher