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I am horrible at lists and calendars. Even if I start keeping a Todo list or an organized calendar or Evernote ideas log, I just stop paying attention to the li
by cylinder 11y ago
I am horrible at lists and calendars. Even if I start keeping a Todo list or an organized calendar or Evernote ideas log, I just stop paying attention to the list eventually. I see how coworkers are constantly looking at their calendar, and that's just confusing to me.
- ak39 11y agoI too am horrible with lists. But when you get started - just a simple list of things (no calendar due dates etc) - just the list ... you start thinking differently. Step 1: Make a list. Step 2: Do nothing! Jokes aside, soon enough you'll execute on the list and then you can show your cat what a badass you are at getting things done. Good luck friend.
- feiss 11y agoMe too. I just stopped trying to follow any productivity technique time ago, because all of them ask you a minimum of discipline and consistency, and I'm too chaotic for that. So I just try to be responsible and get the job done. (Well, I sometimes keep a todo list of features/bugs I have to do/fix, but not as a task list I have to follow, but as a backup memory)
- tedmiston 11y agoHave you tried a methodology like GTD?
- cylinder 11y agoHadn't heard of it before. Thanks. Researching it and will set some time to setting up the framework. It seems like quite a lot of administrative overhead but I'm willing to give it a shot.
- tedmiston 11y agoThere's definitely some overhead to start, but you don't have to do everything on day 1. You can simplify that a bit with existing GTD-friendly software. There are many, but one of the most popular is Wunderlist (https://www.wunderlist.com/ https://www.wunderlist.com/). If you don't have time to sit down to read the book right now, here's a nice 15-minute overview - https://hamberg.no/gtd/ https://hamberg.no/gtd/.