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Reserve Friday mornings for my weekly review and general system maintenance, and Friday afternoons for business-related reading and 'great thoughts' time. |
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I am currently really uneasy with my system, because I overloaded myself and allowed cruft to accumulate. I want to see if reserving the whole morning for weekly review AND system maintenance can get me back on top of things, and get rid of that feeling.
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Once I'm able to keep my system up with just weekly reviews again (and let's be honest, with all the stuff going on my weekly reviews slipped a lot, part of why I'm in this spot), I should feel better and be on top of things (i.e. no piles sitting around). I also need to finish these books to get the wole picture, Finishing two books is an esay marker. |
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I actually enjoy tidying, processing, organizing, and reading. Giving myself some dedicated time to do those things should be nice. |
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Brock Tice
- Member Since
- 08/10/09
- About Human, husband, father, (atheist) zen buddhist, tidy, good neighbor, thrifty, starting a cardiac simulation services company, doesn’t worry about current events, reads for pleasure, tries to keep his home and his things safe and sound, occasional home improvement DIYer, trying to keep ties to close friends and family despite moving all over the country.
- Web http://virtuallyshocking.com
- Experiments 19
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Avrum Brock - one of the ways I "capture" my week if via sketching/journaling (if you're interested in this method, check out anything by Danny Gregory - http://www.dannygregory.com/
I do a quick sketch, and jot down reflections about the week. Then I review my 1 big GOAL & 1 HABIT I'm cultivating. I then jot down some quick ideas of how I'd like to handle these things in the coming week.
I find this approach provides a measure of depth that Covey, GTD did not. Alas, I'm an artist/musician first, an entrepreneur second. So a creative weekly review works for me.
Also, my weekly review is so much more enjoyable when done in my favorite coffee shop(s) - in vancouver (Blenz), in Toronto (Scratch Espresso or Dark Horse).
Jul 22, 2010
Brock Tice Thanks for the tips -- I usually keep a work log in Google Notebook. I've been bad about that lately. I'd like to do my weekly review elsewhere, but it includes so much pulling of papers/notes around the house that I'm afraid I can't get away. Maybe I'd benefit from separating out that part of the review.
Finally, assuming that address is correct, it appears someone has hacked his site. :(
Jul 23, 2010
Brock Tice Oh interesting, the spam stuff only appears if I view the site without javascript on.
Jul 23, 2010
Matthew Cornell Brock: I'm looking forward to hearing your results, esp. the feelings you have of being in control (or not!)
Avrum: I love the idea of sketching, BTW. Gregory's drawings are pleasing.
Jul 24, 2010
Brock Tice Ugh, I am still fighting backlog. This is a good motivation for me to work it down, and I'm making great progress. Here's hoping I can do it next week.
On the plus side, I've been doing biz reading with Kindle on my Nexus One whenever I eat lunch by myself, or am waiting in line, so at least I'm getting some in.
Aug 06, 2010
Brock Tice On the plus side, I finally worked all the way through a weekly review for the first time in as long as I can remember today! I kept at it even with distractions. I.E. while waiting for a large tarball to extract, I processed my paper Inbox.
Aug 06, 2010
Brock Tice This week is off to a much better start given my better Friday and completed weekly review.
Aug 09, 2010
Matthew Cornell Sounds like you're getting there, Brock. Good work.
Aug 09, 2010
Brock Tice Last Friday was a fail. I blame my lack of discipline and a new laptop to play with. :) I'm keeping in mind that Fridays need to be reserved as I do my weekly and daily plans, and that's helping some, but it's a gradual process.
Aug 26, 2010
Matthew Cornell Are you actually blocking out time in your calendar? It's a standard time management technique, but maybe it would help? Of course you have to treat that appointment with yourself as sacred as any other appointment. Which means no shiny laptops :-O
Aug 26, 2010
Brock Tice This has not been working well, and I think it's because there's just way too much that I've committed to. I'm slowly getting better as I renegotiate and clean up. Come Friday I always have way too much to get done, and I can't spare the time.
Oct 14, 2010
Brock Tice This is one of those changes that I try to shoehorn in. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I'm deciding that this time it didn't work.
Nov 22, 2010