Comments on: Personal Timeboxing: A Method for Fighting Procrastination and Perfectionism http://www.zacharyspencer.com/2009/05/personal-timeboxing-a-method-for-fighting-procrastination-and-perfectionism/ Bridging Ideals and Reality in Software Development Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 2 of 9 «Papercut Edge http://www.zacharyspencer.com/2009/05/personal-timeboxing-a-method-for-fighting-procrastination-and-perfectionism/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Nine Destructive Project Manager Behaviours: Part 2 of 9 «Papercut Edge Mon, 31 May 2010 12:31:04 +0000 http://www.zacharyspencer.com/?p=323#comment-359 [...] first thing I’d advocate is personal time-boxing. Basically, you’re going to plan out your day, each morning, and assign appropriate time [...] [...] first thing I’d advocate is personal time-boxing. Basically, you’re going to plan out your day, each morning, and assign appropriate time [...]

]]> By: Aaron Springer http://www.zacharyspencer.com/2009/05/personal-timeboxing-a-method-for-fighting-procrastination-and-perfectionism/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Aaron Springer Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:02:43 +0000 http://www.zacharyspencer.com/?p=323#comment-281 Great article. I'm linking this in my own blog, hope you don't mind the free publicity. :) Great article.

I’m linking this in my own blog, hope you don’t mind the free publicity. :)

]]> By: Kyle M Stone http://www.zacharyspencer.com/2009/05/personal-timeboxing-a-method-for-fighting-procrastination-and-perfectionism/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Kyle M Stone Tue, 26 May 2009 18:38:04 +0000 http://www.zacharyspencer.com/?p=323#comment-280 I'm a children's book illustrator and I use the powers of timeboxing all the time. It not only gets you to address the issues you HAVE to deal with (not just the ones you want to) but it prevents "monkey mind". ...and by monkey mind I mean that you're not allowed to fixate on something. Make your point and move on. It aids in the creative process allowing me to strike an idea, draw it (paint it) and move forward. Also I use it iteratively. (reflection) By going back and making changes to work that was done within a timebox. Timeboxing isn't a sexy word like say... agile, but if it works for you like it does for me it enables active engagement. Flow (The Psychology of Optimal Experience) I’m a children’s book illustrator and I use the powers of timeboxing all the time.
It not only gets you to address the issues you HAVE to deal with (not just the ones you want to) but it prevents “monkey mind”.
…and by monkey mind I mean that you’re not allowed to fixate on something. Make your point and move on.
It aids in the creative process allowing me to strike an idea, draw it (paint it) and move forward.
Also I use it iteratively. (reflection) By going back and making changes to work that was done within a timebox.
Timeboxing isn’t a sexy word like say… agile, but if it works for you like it does for me it enables active engagement. Flow (The Psychology of Optimal Experience)

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