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Frankly, like so many other "productivity" tools, you end up spending more time "using productivity tools" than you actually receive in benefit. Especially jour

Frankly, like so many other "productivity" tools, you end up spending more time "using productivity tools" than you actually receive in benefit. Especially journals, since they continue to grow indefinitely, becoming an entire project in themselves. I prefer a whiteboard, precisely because there is only a certain amount of space. Divide it about 2/3rds between "older generation" and "younger generation", garbage collect aggressively, and you're done with learning the process. Write whatever you like. Stick things to it with magnets, if you have the better magnetic kind, or blue painter's tape, if you do not.

hliyan 8y ago
Agreed. Never could find a tool/technique that didn't wear off after a few months. I try to follow this rule of thumb: "Never let an item cross your desk (or inbox) twice if you can avoid it." Which means you try to action something the very first time you see it.
- jen729w 8y ago
  Yeah. JFDI is about as simple and effective as it gets.
- paublyrne 8y ago
  As long as actioning can include writing a ticket in the context of software development, and that the ticket does not necessarily have to be actioned by you, then I'd largely agree.