• A journalingtechnique involving time tracking and summaries of what you just did and what you are about to do, as a means of preserving focus on the task at hand. You can later reflect on the time you took to do things as well.
  • [[analogy]]
    • Imagine an individual’s focus like a steady stream of water, and each project or task they need to do is a bucket. They start their day out by filling up the first bucket, with a direct steady stream—very effective. Soon they realize that there is a small hole three quarters of the way up—a problem—so that bucket will not be able to be filled today. Naturally, they should start filling up the second bucket, however, they decide to split their stream, half going to the first bucket, and half to the second. The reason for doing so is that the first bucket was being filled first, so for nothing but sheer loyalty, we waste half of our water on a bucket that will not be filled. The second bucket will eventually be filled, but at a much slower rate. Why would anyone do this? The purpose of interstitial journaling is that once you see the hole, to allow you to fully transfer your stream of water
  • Stop procrastinating between finishing tasks