Searching for duration-specific tasks to make use of free time during the day
As the day progresses, meetings get cancelled, phone calls take more or less time than projected, people are late to meetings, etc., resulting in unforeseen discretionary time of various durations.
Since I enter a time estimate for each and every task that I enter into RTM, I use this quick search to generate a list of tasks that will fit into the newly discovered available time:
location:work AND timeEstimate:"15 min"
This gives me all work-related tasks that will fit exactly into 15 minutes. Change the available time in the search string to generate tasks of different durations.
location:work AND timeEstimate:"<31 min"
This results in all work-related tasks of durations between 1 minute to 30 min. This gives me more options: 1 task of 30 minutes, two 15-minute tasks, three 10-minute tasks, etc.
The major benefit is that I don't lose time THINKING about the tasks because RTM does that for me, leaving me with more time to DO the tasks.
Since I enter a time estimate for each and every task that I enter into RTM, I use this quick search to generate a list of tasks that will fit into the newly discovered available time:
location:work AND timeEstimate:"15 min"
This gives me all work-related tasks that will fit exactly into 15 minutes. Change the available time in the search string to generate tasks of different durations.
location:work AND timeEstimate:"<31 min"
This results in all work-related tasks of durations between 1 minute to 30 min. This gives me more options: 1 task of 30 minutes, two 15-minute tasks, three 10-minute tasks, etc.
The major benefit is that I don't lose time THINKING about the tasks because RTM does that for me, leaving me with more time to DO the tasks.
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