Summary: Goal factor ugh tasks (listing the reasons for completing the task) and then generate multiple tasks that achieve each subgoal.
Example: email
I sometimes am slow to reply to email and develop an ugh-field around doing it. Goal factoring “reply to the email” into
complete sender’s request
be polite to the sender (i.e. don’t take ages to respond)
one can see that the first sub-goal may take some time (and maybe is the initial reason for not doing it straight away), the second sub-goal is easy! One can send an email saying you’ll get back to them soon. [Of course, make sure you eventually fulfil the request, and potentially set a reminder to send a polite follow-up email if you’re delayed longer!
Using goal factoring on tasks with ugh fields
Summary: Goal factor ugh tasks (listing the reasons for completing the task) and then generate multiple tasks that achieve each subgoal.
Example: email
I sometimes am slow to reply to email and develop an ugh-field around doing it. Goal factoring “reply to the email” into
complete sender’s request
be polite to the sender (i.e. don’t take ages to respond)
one can see that the first sub-goal may take some time (and maybe is the initial reason for not doing it straight away), the second sub-goal is easy! One can send an email saying you’ll get back to them soon. [Of course, make sure you eventually fulfil the request, and potentially set a reminder to send a polite follow-up email if you’re delayed longer!