Iâd love a to-do list app that totals up the estimated time for the tasks I have planned for the day so I know if Iâm overextending myself. Even better: It tracks my time and suggests better estimates based on previous work.
Iâd like a podcast app that tallies how much listening Iâve committed to with the episodes Iâve downloaded. Or to have streaming services tell me, based on the data they have about my viewing habits, how long it will take me to watch everything in my queue.
Or a toolbar widget in my browser that calculates how long it would take to read my open tabs. A Read Later app that shows the estimated reading time for my saved articles.
Tools like this would make it easier to stop creating Intention Debt, that long list of things that I think Iâll get to, but that just creates digital clutter.
A Netflix queue that you only sometimes see in the app isnât the same as a stack of unread books on a table. One is tangible and the other can be ignored with a quick tap or click.
Knowing where Iâm setting the finish line could be helpful. A concrete number could change my decisions about how to spend time in ways a vague sense of âI donât have the bandwidth for thisâ wonât.