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I keep my entire life in one very complex 'todo' list wiki. Every day, I refer to it, moving the 'next things to do' to a place of prominence. A couple of times
by WalterSear 14y ago
I keep my entire life in one very complex 'todo' list wiki. Every day, I refer to it, moving the 'next things to do' to a place of prominence. A couple of times a week, I sit down and spend an hour or so shuffling things around. I have been using this system for almost a decade now.
If Jeff hasn't found a way to make todo lists work for him, too bad.
- icebraining 14y agoOf course, that means you spend at least thirteen full 8-hour workdays per year just shuffling your todo list.
- gurkendoktor 14y agoRight, but people without a To Do list also spend time thinking about the priority of things and what needs to be done. In fact, that's my personal takeaway from GTD- that the list is there to stop you from thinking about upcoming stuff all day, because it's saved somewhere and can be shuffled at a calm minute.
- WalterSear 14y agoHow much time to do you spend thinking about what needs to be done next?
- icebraining 14y agoNegligible. What I need to do is usually either what I had to do yesterday and the day before, or an immediate reaction to some event. What I want to do is best decided in the moment, when all the information (e.g. my mood, availability of other people) is available. The exceptions don't take more than maybe a couple of minutes per week.
- WalterSear 14y agoYou must live an exceptionally simple life.
- WalterSear 14y agoYou must live an exceptionally simple life.
- WalterSear 14y agoYou never find the need to site down, with all your notes and plans before you, to figure out what to do next, or how to do it? You must live an exceptionally simple life.
- WalterSear 14y agoI didn't say anything about scheduling - just keeping all my projects and plans in one place, so I can refer to them imediately, and don't have to worry about remembering them. If this wouldn't benefit you, you must be living an exceptionally simple life.