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Warm-up task first

Warm up, do the boring one, save the best.

PWe reviewed the research on it.Habits and systems

Hand-drawn diagram of framework 263, Warm-up task first: Warm up, do the boring one, save the best.
Framework 263 · in one look
How to use it

Don't open the day with the best task. Start with a moderately interesting one, do the boring-but-important one while fresh, and keep the best as the reward. After a high, do one small ordinary task before going home.

How sure we are

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

Sources

Loving one task made the next boring task go worse ("bored by interest", Shin & Grant 2019).

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