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30/09/2021

Now it’s make or break time. I really need to get this PhD work finalised and submitted. I intend to work through the entire night and submit early in the morning, giving me a good 9 hours to make an absolute best attempt at making these changes.
I need to at the very least get the submissions done for the passport and visa.

Done?	Est	Act	Task
`[x]`	60m	60m	Prepare main meal
`[x]`	60m	60m	Morning wash
`[x]`	120m	60m	Check RSS feeds
`[x]`	20m	20m	Daily brief
`[x]`	15m	15m	PhD: Corrections: Fix up MDPI formatting
`[x]`	60m	30m	PhD: Corrections: Introduction
`[x]`	120m	60m	PhD: Corrections: System Model
`[x]`	30m	30m	PhD: Corrections: Baseline Algorithms
`[x]`	30m	30m	PhD: Corrections: Simulation Setup
`[x]`	30m	30m	PhD: Corrections: Discussion
`[x]`	30m	30m	PhD: Corrections: Conclusion
`[x]`	45m	90m	PhD: Corrections: Results
`[ ]`	120m		PhD: Corrections: Algorithm
`[ ]`	240m		PhD: Corrections: Background
`[ ]`	240m		PhD: Corrections: Related Work
`[ ]`	120m		PhD: Address remaining paper TODO items
`[x]`	30m	30m	PhD: Review sent paper
`[x]`	60m	60m	PhD: Fix results compiling and move legends
`[ ]`	120m		PhD: Add error bars to results
`[ ]`	30m		PhD: Email through latest version of the paper
`[x]`	60m	30m	Hackday robot dog live chat
`[x]`	120m	120m	Apply for passport renewal
`[x]`	120m	120m	Phone visa office
`[x]`	30m	30m	Generate required documents
`[x]`	60m	60m	Post visa to UK
`[x]`	120m	120m	Open visa renewal application
`[x]`	30m	30m	Update PineTime firmware
`[ ]`	30m		Reply Facebook comment
`[ ]`	30m		Wash clothes
`[ ]`	30m		Dry clothes
	2180m	1085m	Totals

I managed to reach 18 hours of productivity working on important tasks - I really can not fit much more into the day. This is already at the sacrifice of sleep and health, there is not really anywhere else to go from here. My productivity will decrease in resulting days, but I hope to be able to sustainably achieve 11.5 hours of productivity a day.
Optimism factor is still very high, but I believe this is a by-product of abusing the TODO list to also be a backlog. Planning to fail is kind of against the point of this system, so I will look to resolve this.

Since starting these daily briefs, my productivity has increased. Yet this is a long-term increase is yet to be seen, but I think the process has certainly been useful.
I am still not sure whether I will continue to make these public or not. The idea is to hold myself accountable, not for other people to hold me accountable. The problem I have is that this potentially allows other people to micro-manage my time.
I think I will begin separating a backlog and a TODO list, the difference being that the backlog is not planned to be achieved that day, but is instead a bonus task.