How can a handyman schedule jobs when the duration is hard to predict?

Q: How can a handyman schedule jobs when the duration is hard to predict?

Direct answer: Protect your mornings by scheduling 'unknown-duration' work after lunch, not first thing. Practical steps Stack certainty first: Put fixed-duration work in the morning. Buffer the unknowns: Schedule diagnostics and open-ended tasks later. Use a hard stop: Set a daily cutoff to prevent domino delays. Next step: Move all 'might take longer' jobs to afternoons for the next two weeks and compare results.

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Accepted Answer

Direct answer: Protect your mornings by scheduling 'unknown-duration' work after lunch, not first thing.

Practical steps

Stack certainty first: Put fixed-duration work in the morning.
Buffer the unknowns: Schedule diagnostics and open-ended tasks later.
Use a hard stop: Set a daily cutoff to prevent domino delays.

Next step: Move all 'might take longer' jobs to afternoons for the next two weeks and compare results.