EOF task 

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EOF = a task or activity which will be considered complete for the day when Either you were able to finish the task within the minutes allotted Or the minutes allotted for the task have been used up, whichever comes First.

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An EOF task or activity is a unique type of scheduled item on the Perfect Plan sheet as used according to the procedures outlined in Masterminding the Trim Tab of Your Life.

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For most of our projected tasks and activities we can be 90% or more confident that they can be done within a specified number of minutes. However, if we're honest with ourselves, we will need to accept that some tasks will require more than the number of minutes we can allocate for them today (even though we can still estimate the total number of minutes it might require within a 90% level of accuracy) or we have little idea of how long something might take.

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Here's an example of a task/project where the time required is rather indefinite. You've got a pretty serious problem with a computer app you rely on daily. You're getting by day by day, but it makes sense to solve the problem, rather than incur the daily costs that it causes. How long will that take? You're not sure. If you call a service rep, how much wait time might there be? Will it be a simple problem for the service rep or will they hand you off to a senior adviser after you spend 47 unsuccessful minutes with them trying to troubleshoot the problem? The total time needed to address this issue (even assuming it's addressable) might be as little as 30 minutes and could run into several hours.

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When creating your Perfect Plan for the day, check to see if some task or activity might be an EOF. If so, then, in planning your day, you will allocate a number of minutes to work on that task, recognizing that, should those minutes be used and the task is still not finished, then you will declare it complete for the day, proceeding onto the next task. You will also ensure that the continuation of the task will be scheduled for another day.

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The distinction of EOF tasks and activities is important in order to avoid the common occurrence of a task "taking longer than expected" and blowing the rest of the day's schedule all to hell.

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See Perfect Plan and Masterminding the Trim Tab of Your Life.

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