The Stuff My Parents Taught Me
I think that knowledge is finally sinking in, but by bit, lol.
Estimating the time needed to get projects or tasks done, and roughly planning out a day based on those calculations. My Dad told me to do that I don’t know how many times in the past, lol.
It never really worked for me, so I always looked for other solutions to keep track of tasks and organize them. I realize they were all excuses running away from a bigger problem, but now that I’ve decided to start taking responsibility for my actions, I’m back where I started.
The difference between back then and now is that I understand the importance of having integrity in what I say and write.
There’s a lot of responsibility involved in declaring that I’m going to clean the house from 9am to 10pm and following through with it, even if it’s just to myself. Or rather, especially if it’s myself.
That’s the same for setting concrete goals with deadlines, too.
I’ve been running away from that responsibility for 25 years now. But for me, I realize that’s the real meaning of Getting Things Done.
Starting from tomorrow, the first thing I do after I wake up in the morning will be to take some time to decide on what I’m going to do and plan out the day!
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Yay for personal responsibility! Plans and promises are only as strong as our ability to keep them. I recently addressed a need for better scheduling and planning in my own life, and came up with a system that I hope will work for me:
http://mikailum.com/2009/09/my-scheduling-experiment/
By the way, I really like the look and feel of your blog … it fits your personality and character. Where does the “70 days” come from though?
You should make a schedule based on your plans; like school. You can call it UR: University of Raiman. You have a set day and set time to do things, and you can make projects for yourself. I think I should do that once I get all my equipment.
Raiman,
It’s Mabel, your mom. At work, I have a To-do list for the week (eg Week of 12.7) which I list about 10 things that needed to be done for the week and pin it up in plain view (next to the wall to my computer). I revise this list electronically or manually, crossing out things that have been done.
I have my personally Things To-Do Today list and also I list about 5-10 things that needed to be done for the day. Sometimes I don’t have time to do all of them or too tired to do it, then it flows to the next day. It’s also catagorizes as Career (C), Errands (E), Financial (F), Goals (G), Personal (P), Relationships (R).
I can email the forms to you for your reference. The important thing is to have the lists in front of you in plain view, it’s a constant reminder but not stressful.
Mabel