<aside> 💡 Goal for the year: to get closer to freedom – financial, intellectual, physical.

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Meta-Approach

Epochs, tasks, and subtasks

To break up the year into multiple Epochs — large scale projects that I want to finish. Then, I want to break up these epochs into tasks. These tasks are both recurring and non-recurring. Each non-recurring task takes between 1 to 2 weeks.

Each task is further divided into sub tasks. Each subtask is between 1 to 8 hours.

Each task has a bunch of goals and timelines associated with it

Principles

At the same time, I want to have principles that lay down overarching approaches to how I will work on these problems

Operational Principles

  1. Get a consistent 4-5 hours of focused work in every weekday
  2. Work on the 5 weekdays. Do not work on weekends
  3. Read regularly and widely. Barbell approach to reading (either books, or things that pop up on Twitter) is great
  4. Get a bit of exercise every day. Either resistance training (pull-ups, pushups, dips) or cardio (running/hiking)
  5. Multi-task when not doing deep work. Listening to podcasts while cooking or eating. Try to go for hikes when socialising or spending time with my partner etc
  6. It’s okay to slip up. This time spent distribution is a guide, not an excuse to beat yourself up when you don’t stick to it. Just self-correct when you do slip up
  7. Build leverage. All work done should contribute to something repeatable — not just be a one-off exercise
  8. Don’t overdo it. Reading and exercise are great for you. But they will take up valuable time away from other things without putting in the add

Weekly time-table