Spend Your Time Intentionally Through Expectation Mapping
Oct 26, 2023
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Learn how to spend your time intentionally by understanding expectations and mapping your time. Discover a new framework for managing your time effectively and simplifying complex projects. Validate assumptions and reduce time spent on non-beneficial activities. Support the show on iTunes to help other developers discover the content.
Evaluate your time based on expectations from yourself and others to spend it intentionally.
Find activities that align with both personal fulfillment and others' expectations for effective time usage.
Deep dives
The Importance of Intentionally Using Time
The podcast episode emphasizes the significance of using time intentionally and explicitly. While acknowledging the commonality of time among all individuals, the episode refrains from focusing on hyper productivity. Instead, it encourages listeners to evaluate why they spend their time as they do and introduces a new framework for analyzing and executing intentional time use.
Identifying Expectations in Time Allocation
The episode suggests categorizing time obligations based on expectations from oneself and others. It prompts listeners to consider who expects certain activities to be done and recognize assumptions made about others' expectations. The importance of validating these assumptions is highlighted, even though it may be challenging or awkward to directly ask others. The episode emphasizes the goal of reducing time spent on activities that are neither personally expected nor beneficial.
Benefits and Intentions in Time Allocation
The podcast explores finding overlap between activities that benefit both oneself and others, where expectations align. It mentions the possibility of delayed benefits and the presence of necessary evils or selfless sacrifices in one's schedule. Encouraging listeners to spend their time intentionally and purposefully, the episode directs attention towards determining the reasons behind time allocation choices and considering if they ultimately bring personal fulfillment or direct benefits.
What do you expect of yourself? Are you spending your time in ways that align with those expectations?
In this episode, I provide you a simple framework as a starting lens for getting a better idea of how you are spending your time in relation to who cares the most about those investments. You'll walk away with a new lens on how to evaluate your most precious resource: time.
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