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15 Time Boxing Strategies to Get Things Done
Putting it simply, time boxing is the most effective time management tool that I know of. Even if you already know and use it to some extent, there is a good chance that you can make it even better with some of the tips that follow. For those new to it, time boxing is simply fixing a time period to work on a task or group of tasks. Instead of working on a task until it’s done, you commit to work on it for a specific amount of time instead. But don’t let the simplicity of the concept deceive you — there’s much more to this tool than meets the eye. Many people already wrote about it (check Dave Cheong for a great start, as well as J.D Meier and Steve Pavlina). 1. The most obvious use of a time box is to make progress on big tasks. 2. Time boxes are a great way to tackle those annoying, tiny tasks that keep bugging you (pun intended). 3. If you’re procrastinating on a task, forget about completing it: just put it in a time box instead. 4. Perfectionism is the flip side of procrastination.
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Benign Chaos » 2011 Daily Planner Pages
January – December 2014Letter size (8.5″ x 11″) One page per day 2014 PDF files in zip format2014 OpenOffice Draw .odg files in zip formatBlue Highway font (2003 version) used in odg files These are the daily planner pages that I uploaded to the diyplanner.com site (awesome, awesome site). These are released under the Creative Commons license. Download and have fun. If you would like to join the Announcement List (I’ll email a notice to this list when there are updates), please fill out this form: The list messages will come from either dreamhost.com which is my host or from benignchaos.com.
Geek to Live: Report your life in .txt - Lifehacker
by Gina Trapani Two weeks ago I proposed a simple structure for tracking your projects and tasks in a plain text file, todo.txt. Then I followed up with a set of scripts that edit and manage todo.txt from the command line. As someone who lives in the terminal, I've been using todo.txt to run my work day for several weeks now, and it's kept me more focused and organized than any other task manager I've tried. Today I've got that last piece of the puzzle - a script that analyzes your todo.txt and displays which projects you've moved ahead the most and which need working on at a glance. Say you: Huh? Script: Bird's Eye View (birdseye.py) Instead of telling you everything birdseye.py does, I'll just show you. Here's how it works. Birdseye.py is written in Python, a freely available scripting language. Once you've got Python installed, to run birdseye.py, at the command line, type the following: $ python birdseye.py /mystuff/todo.txt /mystuff/done.txt
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Procrastination hack: '(10+2)*5'
Following on the idea of the procrastination dash and Jeff’s progressive dash, I’ve been experimenting with a squirelly new system to pound through my procrastinated to-do list. Brace yourself, because it is a bit more byzantine than is Merlin 2005’s newly stripped-down habit. It’s called (10+2)*5, and today it will save your ass. Who it’s for procrastinatorsthe easily distractedcompulsive web-surferspeople with a long list of very short tasks (a/k/a “mosquitos”) people having trouble chipping away at very large tasks What you’ll need a timermust be easy to resetelectronic kitchen timer is particularly good (pref. with multiple alarm memories), oran app like Minuteur (get the newest version—several cool new features)a reduced subset of your to-do list tasks that can be worked on (not necessarily completed) in blocks of 10 minutes or lessGTD people: next actions only, pleasean hour of your time (less is potentially okay, but it’s non-canonical)your sorry, procrastinating ass How it works
tweeto | Browser based task manager allowing you to quickly and easily create/manage todo lists.
Getting started with "Getting Things Done"
This article was originally posted during the first week of 43 Folders' existence, and, pound for pound, it remains our most popular page on the site. Please be sure to also visit related pages, browse our GTD topic area, plus, of course you can search on GTD across our family of sites. I’ll be talking a lot here in coming weeks about Getting Things Done, a book by David Allen whose apt subtitle is “The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.” You’ve probably heard about it around the Global Interweb or have been buttonholed by somebody in your office who swears by GTD. (It probably takes a backseat only to the Atkins Diet in terms of the number of enthusiastic evangelists: sorry about that.) Like I did the other day with Quicksilver, I wanted to provide a gentle, geek-centric introduction to Getting Things Done, so that you can think about whether it might be right for you. The Problem with “stuff” Stuff is bouncing around in our heads and causing untold stress and anxiety. GTD is geek-friendly
voo2do : simple, beautiful web-based to-do lists
Getting Things Done
La « productivité sans stress »[modifier | modifier le code] David Allen prend soin d'emblée de préciser que la méthode GTD ne procède pas de la « gestion du temps », mais de la « gestion des actions afin d'obtenir des résultats ». GTD est une démarche d'organisation personnelle applicable par chacun à l'ensemble de ses activités, tant professionnelles que privées. Pratiquer la méthode amène à identifier avec sûreté ses priorités à tout moment, et à mieux se mettre en position d'agir immédiatement sur la priorité choisie. L'auteur montre que pour bien choisir sa priorité et s'y consacrer pleinement, il faut pouvoir s'appuyer en permanence sur un système que l'on sait fiable. on choisit à chaque fois en pleine connaissance de cause ce que l'on fait,on ne porte son attention que sur ce qui est actionnable maintenant,on est tranquille sur ce que l'on ne fait pas : soit que l'on ait délibérément choisi de ne pas y donner la priorité, soit ce n'était tout simplement pas faisable maintenant.
iPrioritize - get organized with simple to-do lists
