Cheyne Scott

If you’re waking at 3 a.m. thinking about the assignment you’ve been avoiding, this is for you.

To-do lists may not be enough. Blocking the time may be the solution.

Rumination feeds on vague, unfinished work that your brain treats as threat.

So, instead of blocking time for “Work on the summary judgment brief.”�Try “Draft statement of material facts from 10–12.”

When work has shape, your mind can stand down.

Finite tasks. One at a time.
�It stops your brain from trying to litigate your entire caseload at 3 am.

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