Interesting side note on point 2. There’s a volunteer group that does invasive weed removal in Kings Park, Perth Western Australia. Introduced weed species were destroying this natural environment. The authorities’ methods had failed miserably – the situation was getting worse, not better.

The volunteer group turned weed removal on its head – they start where the weeds are least a problem, and work towards the worst infestations. And just as with your point about doing the least important tasks first, this method works.

Where the weeds are worst already it’s not going to get any worse if you don’t try to remove them now – it’s already as bad as it gets. But the weeds spread outwards from the edges of the lightly infested areas – so that’s the place that needs attention and you get the most results for the least work.

It works in your own garden too :)

Actually, by the fun stuff, I mean completely non-work related things, not the easy tasks.

Also, I don’t think that you should actually do them in the day before the important work-stuff (more on that in Be Successful First Thing in the Morning), but you should schedule them before you schedule the work stuff, so when you are scheduling the work stuff, the fun is already guaranteed and scheduled.