Comments on: Jumbled To-Do Lists: Productivity’s Dirty Little Secret? http://lifedev.net/2006/11/jumbled-todo-lists-productivity/ Helping Creative People Create Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Katy http://lifedev.net/2006/11/jumbled-todo-lists-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Katy Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:23:00 +0000 http://lifedev.net/2006/11/jumbled-todo-lists-productivity/#comment-444 I used to stick to "The Dave's" context structure religiously however being a web developer too I found I had 200 items on my @computer list and maybe one on my @phone. I tried creating my own "contexts" based on the actual projects I was working on which made sense to me however this felt like I was using GTD "Incorrectly" so I gave this option up after a while. What I do now is just note everything down in my Moleskine as it comes to me. I put an letter next to it as to whether it's a work thing (W) or home thing (P) and then these have their own sub-categories such as "E" for email, "P" for Phone etc. With these also goes a little icon to show if it's an action, I'm waiting for it or it's been deferred. To be honest I'm finding it a lot easier to work through my list in this way as I can now pick and choose an action and also look at the list and see what I have the "energy" for. Plus there's something really satisfying about looking through the long, long list and seeing so many items crossed off! I used to stick to “The Dave’s” context structure religiously however being a web developer too I found I had 200 items on my @computer list and maybe one on my @phone. I tried creating my own “contexts” based on the actual projects I was working on which made sense to me however this felt like I was using GTD “Incorrectly” so I gave this option up after a while.

What I do now is just note everything down in my Moleskine as it comes to me. I put an letter next to it as to whether it’s a work thing (W) or home thing (P) and then these have their own sub-categories such as “E” for email, “P” for Phone etc. With these also goes a little icon to show if it’s an action, I’m waiting for it or it’s been deferred. To be honest I’m finding it a lot easier to work through my list in this way as I can now pick and choose an action and also look at the list and see what I have the “energy” for.

Plus there’s something really satisfying about looking through the long, long list and seeing so many items crossed off!

]]> By: GTD Power Links 11-2-06 « GGTD-Geeks Guide To Getting Things Done http://lifedev.net/2006/11/jumbled-todo-lists-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-442 GTD Power Links 11-2-06 « GGTD-Geeks Guide To Getting Things Done Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:23:25 +0000 http://lifedev.net/2006/11/jumbled-todo-lists-productivity/#comment-442 [...] Arrrgghhh! Glen of LifeDev fame is turning his back on “his Daveness”. Today I just decided to do something different. For one day I’m throwing GTD contexts out the window in my daily planning. No disrespect to The David, I’m just switching it up for a bit. I’ve got a theory. [...] [...] Arrrgghhh! Glen of LifeDev fame is turning his back on “his Daveness”. Today I just decided to do something different. For one day I’m throwing GTD contexts out the window in my daily planning. No disrespect to The David, I’m just switching it up for a bit. I’ve got a theory. [...]

]]> By: glen http://lifedev.net/2006/11/jumbled-todo-lists-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-441 glen Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:15:30 +0000 http://lifedev.net/2006/11/jumbled-todo-lists-productivity/#comment-441 Tony, That's awesome! Here's the link to Tony's template if anybody's interested. http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/course-of-actions-task-flow-mapping-your-day.html Tony,

That’s awesome! Here’s the link to Tony’s template if anybody’s interested.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/course-of-actions-task-flow-mapping-your-day.html

]]> By: Tony D. Clark http://lifedev.net/2006/11/jumbled-todo-lists-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Tony D. Clark Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:47:39 +0000 http://lifedev.net/2006/11/jumbled-todo-lists-productivity/#comment-439 I did the same thing. I found that I was actually more productive when I used one list. I then began creating a daily ask flow (I wrote about it and posted a template at lifehack.org). It has greatly simplified my process and allowed me to work more efficiently on all the various projects I have going on. I did the same thing. I found that I was actually more productive when I used one list. I then began creating a daily ask flow (I wrote about it and posted a template at lifehack.org). It has greatly simplified my process and allowed me to work more efficiently on all the various projects I have going on.

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