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This. Calendars, TODO lists, reminders, alarms. These things free up my mind so I can focus on other things instead of worrying about what I should be doing ri

by Jagat 7y ago

This. Calendars, TODO lists, reminders, alarms. These things free up my mind so I can focus on other things instead of worrying about what I should be doing right now because I don't have it written anywhere.

gerbilly 7y ago
I don't have anything to do right now, and that's even better than needing to be reminded. I make sacrifices to keep my schedule as slack as possible.
- BiteCode_dev 7y ago
  On my calendar today: - Lunch with some friends. - A call with a client this afternoon. The first one is not "a sacrifice". The second is potentially going to make me earn one month of salary in a day of work. So yeah, I want that to be reminded to me. But even if you don't want a schedule (you are rich or don't work much, don't plan things with your friends, etc), well, a calendar is not just for what you do. E.G: I'm visiting my mother this week. Tomorrow though, I have an entry saying she is out of town. She told me that 2 days ago, and that's useful information for many reasons, but not something I want to keep in my head. Tomorrow morning, I will read it, and just integrate the information into my day. Now you might argue: friends and family or a big clients are important enough, you should not need a calendar to remember that. Or, you should not plan things with your friends, it's spontaneous. Or you should communicate with your mother. But that's not the point. I don't have a calendar because I have to. Nobody cares that I have one. I have one because it frees my mind of all those informations. This way I can focus in the now. When I'm having lunch with my friends, I'm not thinking about the client call, and yet, there is no chance for me to miss it. It's fantastic, given the price is a few seconds to add entries, and a few more to review them.
NikolaeVarius 7y ago
If its not on my calendar, it doesn't exist. It removes a ton of burden on needing to give a shit
BiteCode_dev 7y ago
And check lists. Check lists completely remove the stress of traveling, providing a training, or putting a site in production. GTD is great, but "the checklist manifesto" should be merged into it IMO. It funny, I used to thing those boring tools were going to turn me into a mindless drone. But in fact, it's the opposite. Removing the need to involve brain power for useless things frees my mind to be creative and get involved with people more. I wish I did that 15 years ago.

by Jagat 7y ago

gerbilly 7y ago

I don't have anything to do right now, and that's even better than needing to be reminded. I make sacrifices to keep my schedule as slack as possible.

BiteCode_dev 7y ago
On my calendar today: - Lunch with some friends. - A call with a client this afternoon. The first one is not "a sacrifice". The second is potentially going to make me earn one month of salary in a day of work. So yeah, I want that to be reminded to me. But even if you don't want a schedule (you are rich or don't work much, don't plan things with your friends, etc), well, a calendar is not just for what you do. E.G: I'm visiting my mother this week. Tomorrow though, I have an entry saying she is out of town. She told me that 2 days ago, and that's useful information for many reasons, but not something I want to keep in my head. Tomorrow morning, I will read it, and just integrate the information into my day. Now you might argue: friends and family or a big clients are important enough, you should not need a calendar to remember that. Or, you should not plan things with your friends, it's spontaneous. Or you should communicate with your mother. But that's not the point. I don't have a calendar because I have to. Nobody cares that I have one. I have one because it frees my mind of all those informations. This way I can focus in the now. When I'm having lunch with my friends, I'm not thinking about the client call, and yet, there is no chance for me to miss it. It's fantastic, given the price is a few seconds to add entries, and a few more to review them.

NikolaeVarius 7y ago

If its not on my calendar, it doesn't exist. It removes a ton of burden on needing to give a shit

BiteCode_dev 7y ago

And check lists. Check lists completely remove the stress of traveling, providing a training, or putting a site in production. GTD is great, but "the checklist manifesto" should be merged into it IMO. It funny, I used to thing those boring tools were going to turn me into a mindless drone. But in fact, it's the opposite. Removing the need to involve brain power for useless things frees my mind to be creative and get involved with people more. I wish I did that 15 years ago.