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		willj on Jan 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to prioritize tasks? I like this idea, but isn’t this a recipe for only ever doing the urgent stuff, not the not-urgent-but-important stuff? For example, if your list had “read 1 chapter of SICP” on it, you might never get to it.

ampersandy on Jan 25, 2023 | [–]

It’s not prioritization if it doesn’t hurt.

yencabulator on Jan 28, 2023 | [–]

That sounds more like you need free time where you are not "working on tasks".

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