Crush "No Time" With a 60-Minute Reset

End the "no time" spiral with a 60 minute reset, two cuts, and a 5:30 shutdown

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NoFluffWisdom .
17 Oct • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

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you are not out of hours
you are out of edges
reset the day in 60 minutes
slice the rest by force

What's actually wrong

  • Your tasks are open ended, so they expand to fill the day and crowd everything else.

  • You say yes by default, so low value work steals the next 3 to 5 hours.

Fix it like this

  • Run a 60-minute reset now: 20-minute triage, 30-minute deliverable, 10-minute schedule.

  • Make two cuts in 5 minutes: delete or defer anything without a number or a deadline in the next 7 days.

  • Lock a hard stop at 5:30 pm, no new tasks after 5:00 pm, laptop closed at 5:30 pm.

Make it stick

  • Constraint: No inbox or chat until the 60-minute reset and the first deliverable are complete.

  • Review cadence: Every Friday at 4:30 pm, 10-minute check of totals shipped and two cuts made.

  • Enforcement: If you miss the hard stop, start the next workday at 8:00 am with a 30-minute deletion sprint.

Do this today

  • At the top of the hour, start the 60-minute reset: 20-minute triage list, 30-minute deliverable, 10-minute schedule.

  • In triage, write 1 line for each task with a number, then delete or defer 2 items in 5 minutes.

  • Ship 1 concrete output in 30 minutes, like "Draft 300 words" or "Send 5 follow ups."

  • Set calendar alarms for 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm, move or cancel any event that conflicts within 3 minutes.

  • After 5:30 pm, write tomorrow's one 8:45 am decision and the first 30-minute deliverable.

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  • Repair Rule: If you break the 5:30 shutdown, cut 1 meeting or task within 24 hours and add a 30-minute deletion sprint at 8:00 am next day.

Cut the fluff, run the 60-minute reset right now.
Which two tasks will you cut in the next 5 minutes?
NoFluffWisdom

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