Tag: GTD

  • getting things done…

    This past weekend was my first one home in SoCal since the holidays.  It felt so good to be able to attack the long list of “to-do”s that were waiting for me, that I kept at it all weekend.  Among those was tidying my closet (and making rainbows of my scarves & sweaters):

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    I planted a few seeds in the garden, enjoyed a long outrigger paddle out on the ocean with my team, spent quality time with Catgirl, ran errands, and had plenty of sleep and homecooked meals.  Not to mention the several loads of dirty laundry that are now clean and put away.

    And…I got caught up on all of my snailmail and paperwork, including the many (many) financial forms for the kids’ college funds.  Then, at lunchtime today I filed both my federal and state taxes(!)–the earliest ever.

    Whew.  What a great feeling, to have accomplished so much.

  • Productivity tip…

    Productivity tip…

    When I leave work in the evening, I’ve started sticking a post-it in the center of my screen with the tasks that I most need to do first thing the next morning.

    It’s a good way to keep me focused on the most important things right when I arrive, and also relieves some of the pressure to complete all of my pending tasks before I go home.  That way, I can wrote them down and leave them on my desk (rather than carrying the weight of the undone things with me through the whole evening).