OmniFocus isn't really great at scheduling. What I usually do is just block out chunks of time in my calendar with an appointment set to show that I'm busy.
I just name the title "Focus Time: Project X" or whatever I want to focus on.
Then I just work inside that time block. If I finish something earlier, I might just choose to do a few more extra things to fill out the entire time.
I've found it better to use OmniFocus as a bucket list to hold all the possible tasks I can work on during my discretionary time. It sometimes becomes difficult to get a really good time estimate. Sometimes, I'll encounter hidden tasks that I didn't take into account. Maybe I expected a report in my inbox from someone else. But the other person is sick today. That means I have to spend an extra half hour to an hour to get all the needed resources before I can start working on my intended tasks. It's all the unaccountable things that sometimes throws a monkey wrench into a schedule that I thought would flow like water.
I just name the title "Focus Time: Project X" or whatever I want to focus on.
Then I just work inside that time block. If I finish something earlier, I might just choose to do a few more extra things to fill out the entire time.
I've found it better to use OmniFocus as a bucket list to hold all the possible tasks I can work on during my discretionary time. It sometimes becomes difficult to get a really good time estimate. Sometimes, I'll encounter hidden tasks that I didn't take into account. Maybe I expected a report in my inbox from someone else. But the other person is sick today. That means I have to spend an extra half hour to an hour to get all the needed resources before I can start working on my intended tasks. It's all the unaccountable things that sometimes throws a monkey wrench into a schedule that I thought would flow like water.
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