From bfb56ad43fb63f46dc247e6d5382fdeb1e4772cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:40:35 +0200 Subject: rewrite the whole site Signed-off-by: Lars Wirzenius Sponsored-by: author --- doing.mdwn | 54 ------------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 54 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doing.mdwn (limited to 'doing.mdwn') diff --git a/doing.mdwn b/doing.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index c86e34d..0000000 --- a/doing.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,54 +0,0 @@ -Actually doing things -===================== - -This is what it's all about. Everything else exists just to support -this bit: actually doing the things you need to do. - -Doing is usually easy when it's clear what you need to do (a -well-defined next action), -and you have all the things you need for doing it (proper context), -and the motivation to do it. If you've got your GTD system working -smoothly, but things still don't get done, the problem is usually -motivation, or at least that's the big problem for me. - -Sometimes the problem is that the next action is defined vaguely: -it's not actually clear what you need to do. Perhaps it was clear -when you were planning it, but you didn't write down enough details -to remember later why you need to do it, or exactly what needs doing. -"Call Clara's cell" may be what you wrote down, but you can't remember -which Clara, and whether to call her mobile phone or the jail? You -need to describe next actions with enough information that you don't -have uncertainty. - -Sometimes it's because the thing to do is unpleasant, or boring. -I have no good solution for that, except to grow up. (I'll be doing -that any decade now.) I myself have a habit of skipping over next -actions that I don't particularly enjoy, with the result that they -may hang about for months in my next actions list. I'm also very gullible -so when I tell myself that they've not been there for very long, I -believe myself. That's why I put a date (at least year and month) on -every next action, so I don't believe my own lies. - -Update: One thing that seems to work for me is to find the tiniest -little part of the unpleasant thing that needs doing, and do that. -Repeating that a few times is usually enough to break the blockage. -For example, if the unpleasant thing is "wash the toilet bowl", the -tiniest few things might be "locate the toilet brush", "locate the -disinfectant", and "find rubber gloves". - -After you've done something ---------------------------- - -When you're finished with a next action, you can delete it from your list, -or cross it over, or otherwise mark it as done. This can be a very -satisfying feeling. - -Instead of deleting, you may also want to move the item from your -next actions list to a list of finished stuff. Such a log can also -be quite satisfactory to read, later on. I've found that deleting -things gives me more pleasure, though, and I keep track of what I've -done using a journal instead. - -I also write summary entries in my journal of things that I've done -or that have happened, as part of my weekly review. - -- cgit v1.2.1