First, I made a list, then I did something not on the list. Typical me.
The next day, I did some exploratory research for some item on the list. I did some measurements, some looking over the situation, some what do I need to think about in regard to this task. Thinking is such a big part of what novices have to do, and experts appear not to do. Experts just know. But they had to think about it at some point. At least I hope they did!
Next, I realized I may need a template for dealing with the items on the list. Each item on the list has its own unique requirements, but many items on the list share some commonalities.
For example, items have requirements like brushes to clean the item that needs some attention. Let's call these physical requirements of the task item. These physical requirements can have store purchasing requirements. I can be more effective if I make one trip to the store to get required physical items. Or if I'm doing one task, like organizing an area, I can use the requirements list to pull items needed for tasks.
If a task is of a repeating type, that also has the side-benefit of assisting in creating a better organization structure. Consider your kitchen, and how you have it organized. You have a place for commonly used items, such as everyday plates and a place for less commonly used items, such as turkey fryer. And I thought, I should make sure I organize for the items on my list in the same way.
Then i thought about other meta aspects of items on the list. I call them meta just because I can't think of a better name. Meta aspects are exploratory, doing, checking, continuing, and task time planning [expected time to complete the task, time tracking, best time to do task, worst time to do task]. Of course a lot of these meta aspects are interrelated at some level that can make me dizzy. This is especially the case for initial attempts at completing an item on the list. But I just think of that as learning to learning, which is so much fun.
So, yes I may be over thinking this list and related meta aspects. On the other hand, I rather not underthink something. And so I make a list of items. And that has a meta aspects, again, one of which is time planning aspects. Time is limited and decisions have to be made about what is done on the list. And so maybe I should stop writing about this and get some data from exploring, doing, checking, continuing and tracking time on this. Now, what order do I want to do these in...
