Task management to be evaluated by your future self

from /villagepump/Task_Management_for_Evaluating_Your_Future_Self from How to Do What You Decide to Do

Task Management for Evaluating Your Future Self

It might be a good idea to entrust the evaluation of tasks not to your immediate self, but to your future self (/villagepump/blu3mo).

• The problem lies in the weak determination of the “self immediately after not finishing” the task, so it might be better to leave the judgment to a future self who is separate from the self at that time.
  • Weak determination seems to be the default (/villagepump/issac).
  • This is true (/villagepump/issac).
    • Judgments made when one is weak are likely to be biased compared to usual.
    • Immediately after finishing, one tends to make excuses, but after a few days, one might be more critical of such excuses (/villagepump/blu3mo).
• For example, you could record the “points for completing tasks” and reward or punish yourself based on that every weekend (/villagepump/blu3mo).
  • Giving punishments might decrease motivation, so I don’t feel like doing it (/villagepump/issac).
    • Speaking for myself, I’m tired of hurting myself.
  • Let’s give it a try (/villagepump/blu3mo).
  • What should the reward be? It’s difficult to decide (/villagepump/blu3mo).