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Two minutes is the length of the rule most people know it by. David Allen's version is that if a job takes less than two minutes you do it now rather than write it down, because filing it costs more than doing it. The number is arbitrary and the principle is not.
It is also exactly how long a dentist wants you brushing, the rest most lifters take between moderate sets, and the point at which a boiled egg is still liquid all the way through.
The tip is to use it as a test rather than a limit. When a job feels like it will take ten minutes and you have been avoiding it for a week, set two minutes and start. Half the time it was a two minute job wearing a disguise; the other half you have started, which was the actual problem.
Press start or hit the space bar. Type straight over the readout if two turns out to be optimistic.
If a task takes less than two minutes, do it immediately instead of adding it to a list. The point is that capturing, sorting and revisiting a tiny job costs more attention than the job.
It is the figure dentists give, split across four quadrants of thirty seconds. Most people stop at around forty five seconds and are certain it was longer, which is exactly why a timer helps.
Yes. The plus button adds a minute while it runs, and reset always returns to the two minutes this page is for, however far you have typed away from it.