1/ Today is my first day of trying to really hone-down a "prediction-based workflow" and so far I'm really loving it.

The basic premise: at 8PM last night I gave myself fifteen minutes to run an imaginary preview of today, highlighting tasks and challenges I thought I'd face.

2/ Key - I also wrote all this down, to keep myself accountable

One way to conceptualize this is with the "managing self-creative self" split.

I was giving my "manager" fifteen minutes to "coach the team" last night. White board, chalk arrows the whole deal.

3/ This AM, I woke, slonked some vitamins and coffee, and the "prediction" was fresh in my mind.

Good to go!

The first and probably most interesting observation was that I then became acutely aware of exactly when I was at risk of diverging from the predicted plan.

4/ This kicks in like a "spidey sense" - a feeling of dissonance, a "wait, this is not what you said you'd be doing" moment.

Which is fine. In fact it's super helpful!

Because the result has been, so far (it's now 7:25AM where I am), a more productive dialogue betw manager -->

5/ and creator-selves!

Win-Win!

Example: Creator self just said, hey, I really want to write this down. I want to write a Twitterthread!

Mgr: Cool Cool. Do it. Just get back to your 7:30AM task like we agreed.

Haha - and with that, my friends, my two selves bid you adieu!

cc: @brandontoner and @AGWilsonn

oops broke my own thread somehow. here the numerical ordering back again ... https://twitter.com/Jeanvaljean689/status/1319338294426046464?s=20

8/ continuing -

wow this is going really well; best way I can describe how it feels to have hold last night's "prediction" in-mind is:

things are more LUCID.

Gonna write more later;

but bookmarking-topics-for-self-to-write-up-ltr: interstitial "events", "decision fatigue"