Joseph’s critique is driven by the mistaken idea that the goal of a schedule is to force your behavior into a rigid plan. This type of scheduling, however, isn’t about constraint—it’s instead about thoughtfulness. It’s a simple habit that forces you to continually take a moment throughout your day and ask: “What makes sense for me to do with the time that remains?” It’s the habit of asking that returns results, not your unyielding fidelity to the answer.
Yes, come to think of it, I think I always have done best when I was in classes and would set aside 1 hour for history reading or whatever, and just go in with what I had from that period. (Speed reading ability helps me tailor my speed-comprehension tradeoffs to the time available.)
