What are good tasks for "not enough time to start on something big" moments?
time-management
Solution
Here are a few ideas.
- Check StackOverflow.
- Check RSS feeds.
- Handle and delete three email messages.
- Write a couple unit tests.
- Put a few comments in your code.
- Delete old files and defrag your hard disk.
- Take a look at your calendar and to do list.
- Write someone an email thanking them for something.
- Build a project you haven't touched in a while to make sure you still can.
- Browse through the documentation for some software you use frequently.
Problem
It happens fairly frequently that I'll finish up a big project or get done with a meeting around 30-45 minutes before my time to go home. There are usually things that need to be done, but it usually isn't worth it to start on those projects with only 30-45 minutes to go. What are some good things to spend that time doing?