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If it takes 2 minutes, do it now, because later costs more ⏱️

A chubby boucle wool penguin happily pressing a realistic red kitchen timer on a bright simple table
Two Minutes

If it takes 2 minutes, do it now.

Heavy Memo

Writing it in a memo can be more work than just doing it.

Real Cost

The real time is 2 minutes, plus time to think, time to worry, and time to remember it at 3 a.m.

⚡ TRY IT
The real cost of "later"
🛒 Order vacuum bags ⏱️ 2 min
📝 Write a reminder · +1 min
🤔 Think about it · +3 min
😟 Worry about it · +4 min
🌙 Remember it at 3 a.m. · +5 min
🔔 Make the same reminder again · +1 min
⏱️ Real cost: 2 min
It is a 2-minute task. Now, or later?
Okay, later… 📝
A 2-minute task is getting so heavy! 😵
✅ Done in 2 minutes! Nothing left to carry. 🎈
✅ Done in 2 minutes. "Later" had already cost 0 min! 🎈
His Joke

Oliver Burkeman made a reminder to "order vacuum cleaner bags" 3 separate times. Ordering them was faster.

Now Is Easy

Doing it now is the easiest.

📚 I learned this from Oliver Burkeman's newsletter. Read the original (English)
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