Why leaving notes for your future self is a game changer if you’re prone to procrastination & distraction.

The Simple Task Method I Used To Eliminate Procrastination For Good.

Ev Chapman
5 min readApr 11, 2024

They say it takes about 20 minutes to refocus every time you switch tasks.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t have 20 minutes to waste every time I switch between the tasks on my list. My time is limited. So I created a way to skip that 20 minute hazy moment where you’re faffing around…

  • Thinking where did I leave off here?
  • Procrastinating because you don’t know how to get started.
  • Fumbling around trying to remember where you put that email or document that you need to complete the task.

I call it the Breadcrumb Method and it saves me hours every week in wasted time & energy.

Photo by Corinne Kutz on Unsplash

The method allows me to jump into (or back into) any task and now exactly what I should be doing within 60 seconds.

Here’s How It Work:

The Breadcrumb Method

The method is so simple that I feel kinda stupid for even calling it a ‘method.’ But the basic premise is for every task on your task list you leave your future self a little note on…

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Ev Chapman
Ev Chapman

Written by Ev Chapman

Helping entrepreneurs and idea-driven professionals build high performing personal knowledge systems so they can think, create & work at their best.