Lots of advice out there about task batching and habit stacking. If you're going to do it, do it right and do it all, etc.
It is effective, I batch most of my admin, cleaning, reorganizing, mending, and so on. When it works well it reduces mental burden, increases efficiency, and reduces the odds of things slipping through the cracks. That's a fantastic set of benefits for something so simple as deciding to do things together. You don't even have to do more work.
But, it's not always the right choice. If you find yourself putting off a task because you don't have time to do the batch, something's wrong.
You might be better off processing the batch on a rolling interval, doing as much of it as you can in a single session, regardless of how much you happen to have that day. Great for peaky workloads, or if you have peaky energy.
It's also fine to break things normally done together. Take out the trash and recycling independently. Fold laundry in multiple sessions, clean the counter after cooking but not the sink.
As long as it gets done consistently and you aren't taking massive transition costs, any given session being incomplete is fine. You set the rules, you get to change them.
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Nightly Notes
Task management is my eternal nemesis and I still have not found a satisfactory solution.
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