Posts Tagged ‘to-do’

5 Responses To A Missing Task List Crisis

Earlier this week, Gmail went down. The fact that it happened only a day after my task manager of choice spent 15 minutes refusing to load. Between the two, I probably spent a full hour wondering, 'what if?' What if I lost my to-do list? What if I lost the emails that are pretty much my only hope of recreating my to-do list? I really didn't like the idea.It's… Continue reading

August 14 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: task list, to-do | 14 comments»

12 Ways to Upgrade Your Weekly Review

Fans of GTD will already be familiar with the weekly review. Weekly reviews are designed to give you uninterrupted thinking time each week. Instead of tackling the big questions of your life between coffee breaks and morning commutes, you can set aside time to do a review.Weekly reviews are a great concept and I’ve used them faithfully for the past few years. But I’ve found… Continue reading

January 29 2008 | By Scott H | Tagged: brainstorm, gtd, journal, Productivity, review, think, to-do, weekly review | 33 comments»

The 7 Energy Sinkholes (and How to Avoid Them)

Energy sinkholes are situations that repeatedly drain your energy and stress you out. There are plenty of good reasons to invest your energy, so don’t waste your attention on a sinkhole. Unfortunately, it is often hard to see sinkholes since they rarely cause a drain all at once. Instead they slowly leech away at your lifeforce until your stressed, depressed and apathetic.The best way to get… Continue reading

October 11 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: Communication, energy, gtd, procrastination, Productivity, relationships, tasks, time, to-do, work | 50 comments»

15 Tips for Surviving a Task Explosion

A task explosion happens when you are suddenly faced with more tasks than you are used to. I’ve faced many times where you suddenly need to handle twice as much work, with twice the pressure. Stress levels rise, and you might feel about ready to snap.I’ve prepared a survival list of things to do when you get caught in the middle of a task explosion. Hopefully… Continue reading

October 4 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: energy, gtd, procrastination, Productivity, tasks, time, to-do, work | 21 comments»