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Knowing the amount of time and effort required for each task can help you better plan your projects in advance. Likewise, creating a balance between various kinds of tasks can keep you motivated.
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Time can be a factor of your success when
working toward a goal.
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This is especially relevant when you
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have professional projects due at specific
deadlines.
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In this case it's doubly important to be
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clear about how you'll go about
accomplishing your goals.
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You can help yourself out by preparing
lots
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of details for each task you need to
complete.
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The more detailed your tasks are, the
easier it will
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be to predict how much time you'll need
for each step.
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And as a result, you can then predict how
long the entire project will take.
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Certain steps may require more effort like
reading and writing
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as part of research for a blog post or
physically
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traveling to a certain place like going to
a store
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to buy building materials for something
you're building at home.
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By providing as much detail as possible,
you can
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ensure that small details don't get
forgotten along the way.
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Or become delays later on in the process.
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This can be especially helpful for web
projects.
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Being able to estimate how much time each
step will take, can help you
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set mile stones, so you can share progress
with your team, boss, or client.
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However, time isn't the only variable
here.
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You should also consider the amount of
energy, each task takes.
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Some tasks quite intense and require lots
of mental and/or physical effort.
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At the same time, some tasks are almost
mindless and
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require very little energy, but they're
necessary to make progress.
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Now, stacking too many similar tasks on
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top of each other can be very
demotivating.
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Knowing you've got hours and hours of
similar tasks to do is tough.
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And that's why it's important to create a
balance
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for yourself by interspersing different
kinds of tasks if possible.
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After you've taken some Ruby tutorials,
for example, go for a walk outside.
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After you workout build in time to rest
and recharge.
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At work break up project meetings with an
activity.
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Like a project demo.
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Or lunch, or both.
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Professional projects need milestones and
due dates.
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But try not to think of deadlines in a
negative light.
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It's natural to feel anxiety over whether
or not you can finish on time, but if
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you've done the right consideration as
we've outlined
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here it shouldn't be a problem at all.
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Even if you do face the laze along the
way, you
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can still adjust if you're aware of all of
the details.
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A good communication is always a positive
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thing, and can help you whenever issues
arise.
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You certainly wouldn't want to tell your
team on
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the day a project is due that it will
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take two more weeks, especially if they
could have
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helped you over come the problems along
the way.
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Monitor your progress by keeping track
with your checklist or App.
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Even a simple spreadsheet can help you
gauge your progress and seeing
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how many tasks you've completed will
become a nice motivator as well.
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