Don’t plan your day. Plan your next 8 minutes. After those 8 minutes, reassess. Did a fire drill come up? Did inspiration strike? Great. Throw the old plan away and make a new one. This kills procrastination because the commitment is tiny.
Most projects fail because we try to solve "Problem A" by building "Sub-solution 9." Splan 8 caps your nested dependencies at 8. If a task requires more than 8 sub-tasks to complete, you haven’t defined the problem correctly. Break it into a separate Splan. splan 8
Never use 100% of your bandwidth. Reserve 8% for "controlled chaos"—random bug fixes, coffee breaks, or rabbit holes. In Splan 8, distraction isn't the enemy; pretending distraction doesn't exist is. Why "8" Works In cognitive psychology, the average human working memory can hold roughly 7 (plus or minus 2) chunks of information. The number 8 is the edge of that cliff. By forcing your plans to fit within 8 segments, you keep your mental load light. Don’t plan your day
Stop trying to control the chaos. Structure it into 8-minute blocks. Did a fire drill come up
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