Snooze is a trap
by Parker · 8 things on Twos
- https://seths.blog/2019/04/the-magic-of-decide-once/
- The snooze button is a trap. It’s a trap because not only do you have to decide later, but you just expended time and energy to deciding to decide later.
- Do it once, move on.
- ‘Decide once’ is a magical productivity commitment.
- There is a certain class of decision that benefits from time. Decisions where more information is in fact useful.
- Most of the time, we’re busy making decisions that should be made now or not at all.
- If you open an email, you’ve already made the commitment to respond and move on. Not to push it down the road.
- In or out, yes or no, on to the next thing.