LPT: Have trouble procrastinating or not reaching your goals? Use the Goal, Objective, Task model

I make games, and using a trello board has been the most effective way for me to get stuff done. A game is huge, but breaking it down to simple tasks that can be accomplished within an hour is the best way for me to get through it.

Often I procrastinate because I don't know what to do next, a quick glance at the board gives me stuff to do that's easy and I find myself putting more time in than what I initially expected to do.

Each time I finish a task I drag it to the done board, it gives me a little dopamine hit so I tackle the next, the smaller the tasks, the more likely I'm going to do the next one.

Now I'm setting up a "life" trello board to get myself to do stuff I usually only think about but don't do because the goal seems too ambitious.

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