**Set how long you'll work on a task. Work on it only that long. Time blocking with a deadline.** Timeboxing is essentially [[Time Blocking]], but where you further stipulate that the chunk of scope you're dedicating a block of time to **WILL BE DONE** by the end of that block. This ensures that you're focused, distraction-free, on the task at hand, AND that you won't let effort on any given task crowd into time you'd previously planned to use for other work. A Timeboxed schedule is what Cal Newport (author of [[Deep Work]]) credits for his ability to get so much done in a week. # Why The purpose of this is to combat perfectionism. It is a form of applying the [[Pareto Principle]] to achieve the vast majority of what needs to get done in the minimum amount of time. **** ## Source - [[Todoist Productivity Articles]] - [[The 4-Hour Work Week]] - [[Deep Work]] ## Related - [[Pomodoro Technique 🍅 ]]