Comments on: Getting Organised http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/ Random babblings from a few digitally inclined people Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:14:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: spootle http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/#comment-449 Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:54:36 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/#comment-449 I just use Rainlendar, I like have the to-do list sitting on my desktop, and my pc is always on so I can easily see what needs to be done whenever. I just use Rainlendar, I like have the to-do list sitting on my desktop, and my pc is always on so I can easily see what needs to be done whenever.

]]> by: Cereal Samurai http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/#comment-425 Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:21:16 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/#comment-425 Sometimes I'll think of a song or movie I want to look into, or something really important, so I write it on my hand. Then later I forget to read it, until it's smudged off, and then I go "There was something I was supposed to do..." Today was an especially bad day for that idea, given the heat. I swear I wrote myself a reminder at lunch time and about ten minutes later it was gone and I couldn't remember what it was. It was a sad day for all. Sometimes I’ll think of a song or movie I want to look into, or something really important, so I write it on my hand. Then later I forget to read it, until it’s smudged off, and then I go “There was something I was supposed to do…”

Today was an especially bad day for that idea, given the heat. I swear I wrote myself a reminder at lunch time and about ten minutes later it was gone and I couldn’t remember what it was.

It was a sad day for all.

]]> by: Holliday http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/#comment-424 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:22:22 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/#comment-424 In response I have started my own to-do list .txt to try it out. I am always in the mood for some self-experimentation so for the next month or so I am going to try this. Anytime I really don't have anything pressing to do I shall check my list and do something there. Right now I have long term, short term, and constant sections. The constant being just a checklist of weekly things I should be more organized in completing. (I also have 1 aelon update per week planned, lets see how that works out) In response I have started my own to-do list .txt to try it out. I am always in the mood for some self-experimentation so for the next month or so I am going to try this. Anytime I really don’t have anything pressing to do I shall check my list and do something there. Right now I have long term, short term, and constant sections. The constant being just a checklist of weekly things I should be more organized in completing. (I also have 1 aelon update per week planned, lets see how that works out)

]]> by: Cyrris http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/#comment-422 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:10:58 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/#comment-422 Well, my to-do list is split into sections - each with a title, so any URLs under a title I will know what they relate to. Besides, if I had to go into immense detail, it would be because my memory is lacking, but it's not - this just complements it well. I pretty much just use it for what Holliday said - hobbu projects, like Aelon. Other stuff only gets in there sometimes, like if I know I'm going to forget due dates for uni projects. Well, my to-do list is split into sections - each with a title, so any URLs under a title I will know what they relate to. Besides, if I had to go into immense detail, it would be because my memory is lacking, but it’s not - this just complements it well.

I pretty much just use it for what Holliday said - hobbu projects, like Aelon. Other stuff only gets in there sometimes, like if I know I’m going to forget due dates for uni projects.

]]> by: Unimaginative Pseudonym http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/#comment-421 Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:10:11 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/01/getting-organised/#comment-421 "Pretty foreign" Actually, I'm fairly sure I suggested you had a rubbish form of OCD... Aside from the obsessive nature of it (which is <b>sort of</b> understandable), my main problem was that you just make lists (of URLs, for example) without detailing <b>why</b> it's in your to-do list. All seems a bit half-arsed to me. I <b>did</b> use lists rather often (daily, in fact) when I was still a store manager - if I didn't lay out the quarter, month and week in advance (in increasing amounts of detail, of course), then tasks would get missed and I'd get overwhelmed fairly quickly. But I was getting paid to do that (it was all part of the strategic and tactical planning for the store) - that <i>could</i> be why I find the idea of lists organising my personal life to be peculiar; when it's stuff I want (or need) to do, I'm not going to forget (or procrastinate. Much) “Pretty foreign”

Actually, I’m fairly sure I suggested you had a rubbish form of OCD…

Aside from the obsessive nature of it (which is sort of understandable), my main problem was that you just make lists (of URLs, for example) without detailing why it’s in your to-do list.

All seems a bit half-arsed to me.

I did use lists rather often (daily, in fact) when I was still a store manager - if I didn’t lay out the quarter, month and week in advance (in increasing amounts of detail, of course), then tasks would get missed and I’d get overwhelmed fairly quickly.

But I was getting paid to do that (it was all part of the strategic and tactical planning for the store) - that could be why I find the idea of lists organising my personal life to be peculiar; when it’s stuff I want (or need) to do, I’m not going to forget (or procrastinate. Much)

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