Kill Overthinking With a 2 Slot Day

Beat hesitation with two fixed slots, a 3 step script, and strict cutoffs.

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NoFluffWisdom .
10 Oct • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

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you are not short on time
you are drowning in maybes
set two slots
run the script
ship something small today

What's actually wrong

  • You wait for perfect clarity, which never arrives, so the day fills with low value noise.

  • Decisions are open ended, so you reopen them 5 times and still do not start.

Fix it like this

  • Lock 2 fixed maker slots every weekday, 9:00 to 10:30 and 2:00 to 3:30, non negotiable.

  • Use the 3 step script at the top of each slot: define a 15 word target, pick one path, start within 120 seconds.

  • Cap every task to a 90 minute container, if it does not fit, slice to the next concrete subtask.

Make it stick

  • Constraint: No inbox, chat, or meetings inside 9:00 to 10:30 and 2:00 to 3:30, door closed, phone in another room.

  • Review cadence: Every Friday at 4:30 pm run a 10 minute log review, total shipped tasks, total broken slots, next week slots.

  • Enforcement: Any broken slot is repaid at 9:00 am the next workday before touching inputs.

Do this today

  • By 8:45 am, choose one deliverable with a number, like "Draft 300 words" or "Email 5 intros."

  • Calendar 9:00 to 10:30 and 2:00 to 3:30 as busy, move or delete any conflicting event within 5 minutes.

  • At 8:58 set a 120 second countdown, when it ends, start the first keystroke or make the first call.

  • During each slot, keep 5 tabs or fewer, if you hit 6, close tabs to return to 5 within 60 seconds.

  • At 5:30 log 3 shipped outputs and 1 stuck point, then write the exact 15 word target for tomorrow at 9:00.

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  • Constraint Card: On a sticky note write "Two slots only 9:00 to 10:30, 2:00 to 3:30, start in 120 seconds," place it on your keyboard, do not remove it until 5:30.

Cut the fluff, protect the two slots and run the script.
Which task will you drop to keep 9:00 clean?
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