There are quite a few items on the web about successful people scheduling with their calendars, rather than to-do lists. That way, you have to complete in the time you've allowed yourself. It also forces people like me not to spread myself to thinly, expecting to get more done in a day than it's possible to do.
Timeful was a really good app for doing this but, sadly has now been sucked into the Google ecosystem, never to reappear as a calendar-independent app. Stéphane On Sunday, 4 October 2015 22:28:20 UTC+1, J Smith wrote: > > Thanks, yes good to remind myself about Pomodoro... > > And yes I do use timers a LOT. I use the to set up what I call "do nothing > but" time - i.e. focused time, measure by timer were no distractions of ANY > sort is allowed. And then 'compulsory' breaks. > > However having worked out how many Pomodoros each task is likely to take, > according this this video the suggestion is > "set the timetable according to your to dos, to your time or even to the > season" > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT70iCaG0Gs [see 1:09 ] > > That's all very well but there is no easy way to add up how many Pomodoros > will fit into a day. Plus it rather goes against GTD theory which assume > priorities are likely to shift around quite a lot within a given day. > > While I'm here I like some of what Tim Ferris says here: > > http://fourhourworkweek.com/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/ > > especially his point 4. "Do not let people ramble" > "...A big part of GTD is GTP — Getting To the Point." > > > > > > On Friday, 2 October 2015 19:56:34 UTC+1, Dwight Arthur wrote: >> >> Hi, John. >> You should Google "the Pomodoro technique" >> -Dwight >> Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 >> >> On Oct 2, 2015, J Smith <ship...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hmmm.... I'm not so sure. >>> >>> "Now! Now! Now!" sounds more like a recipe for stress than a recipe for >>> success. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, 2 October 2015 17:26:09 UTC+1, Majorbillion wrote: >>>> >>>> J: >>>> >>>> I have this quote on my monitor: >>>> >>>> Patton: “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect >>>> plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.” >>>> >>>> Eddie >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:23 AM, J Smith <ship...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> P.S. >>>>> To get clear you can add a Start Date and/or a Due Date easily enough >>>>> for a task, but I don't think you can do anything similar for a Context... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, 2 October 2015 17:14:20 UTC+1, J Smith wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello >>>>>> >>>>>> I am working at home a lot and I have a problem with the way I am >>>>>> using MLO which is that I keep "ploughing too deeply". i.e. I am >>>>>> spending >>>>>> too long on tasks and being too perfectionist about things. Part of the >>>>>> problem is that I am also not jumping into different Contexts often >>>>>> enough. >>>>>> (In fact I often do not bother to add a context for things that must be >>>>>> done at the computer screen and this may not help) >>>>>> >>>>>> I rather feel that I should allocate block of time for each context. >>>>>> However I can see no obvious way to put this sort of thing into MLO. >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you have any hints / tricks that you use? >>>>>> >>>>>> e.g. I am toying with using a kitchen timer for this sort of thing... >>>>>> i.e. only allow a certain amount of time in one sitting for each context. >>>>>> >>>>>> J >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to mylifeorganiz...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to mylifeo...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/500e516d-e7f8-4f9e-85c8-af4fce663cc3%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/500e516d-e7f8-4f9e-85c8-af4fce663cc3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to mylifeorganiz...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to mylifeo...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/784b468d-fddb-4d5f-852b-7b4148fe26a4%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/784b468d-fddb-4d5f-852b-7b4148fe26a4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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