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Time Boxing
Give a task a fixed time window in advance. When the window ends, you stop or switch, even if it is not finished.
Example
You set 45 minutes to write the introduction of your project. At 45 minutes, you stop and move to the next section, even if the intro is still rough. The next day, you come back to the rough intro and tighten it in 15 minutes.
How it fits in
Tasks expand to fill the time available. A fixed window forces you to ship something at the end, even if it is rough. The discipline of stopping is what makes the next session start cleanly. People who refuse to stop usually end up working longer and finishing later than people who time-box.
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Related terms
A small specific rule of the shape 'if X happens, then I will do Y'. Specific beats vague almost every time.
Work in focused 25-minute blocks with a five-minute break in between.
If a task takes less than two minutes, do it now. The hassle of putting it off costs more than the task itself.