Comments on: Me and GTD: my worrying addiction to getting organised http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/ It's all work, work, work Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:36:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: The Irrationality of Apportionment http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-99458 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:30:54 +0000 http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-99458 [...] Apportionment’s real value is in building discipline. Once you’ve become disciplined, meaning that you’ve found goals worth focusing on and you’re working toward them, scheduling is just a waste of 2% of your life itself, because you’re so in tune with your work that rigidity shackles your powerful spirit, rather than channeling a weak, uncommitted one (which probably isn’t worth channeling anyway). It’s a lesson that lasts a lifetime, but the lesson itself doesn’t need to take a lifetime. In fact, when I say 2%, it’s often more like 30%. Read stuff like Me and GTD: my worrying addiction to getting organised and Could GTD be harmful? for an example. GTD = Getting Things Done = scheduling to the max. Of course, I’ve been talking more of creative arts rather than the mundane chores apportionment is more often applied to. But I find that apportionment only makes those chores more undesirable; you’re actually less likely to follow through than you would be if it weren’t at the mercy of a rigid schedule. [...] […] Apportionment’s real value is in building discipline. Once you’ve become disciplined, meaning that you’ve found goals worth focusing on and you’re working toward them, scheduling is just a waste of 2% of your life itself, because you’re so in tune with your work that rigidity shackles your powerful spirit, rather than channeling a weak, uncommitted one (which probably isn’t worth channeling anyway). It’s a lesson that lasts a lifetime, but the lesson itself doesn’t need to take a lifetime. In fact, when I say 2%, it’s often more like 30%. Read stuff like Me and GTD: my worrying addiction to getting organised and Could GTD be harmful? for an example. GTD = Getting Things Done = scheduling to the max. Of course, I’ve been talking more of creative arts rather than the mundane chores apportionment is more often applied to. But I find that apportionment only makes those chores more undesirable; you’re actually less likely to follow through than you would be if it weren’t at the mercy of a rigid schedule. […]

]]> by: smov http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-58322 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:03:43 +0000 http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-58322 Do you think that there is any point in launching a title in print anymore? I'm thinking about young consumers aged 8+. I plan to run a project with young people and am wondering if producing something online is better, or more economical than print - or do both. Do younger people respect online content more than 20 somethings and above? I also work on a magazine that is about to go under: it's a quarterly arts and culture magazine that costs around 40k per issue to produce with a 10k print run. Would it have been more viable all along, or is it more viable now before we fork out on print, to simply put all of this content online? or distribute it as a pdf? We are in a period of transition where we are looking to cut costs, yet at the same time develop. It was a regional mag, but now has an international edge and had secured distribution worldwide with comag. Interesting article by the way. Do you think that there is any point in launching a title in print anymore? I’m thinking about young consumers aged 8+. I plan to run a project with young people and am wondering if producing something online is better, or more economical than print - or do both. Do younger people respect online content more than 20 somethings and above?

I also work on a magazine that is about to go under: it’s a quarterly arts and culture magazine that costs around 40k per issue to produce with a 10k print run. Would it have been more viable all along, or is it more viable now before we fork out on print, to simply put all of this content online? or distribute it as a pdf? We are in a period of transition where we are looking to cut costs, yet at the same time develop. It was a regional mag, but now has an international edge and had secured distribution worldwide with comag.

Interesting article by the way.

]]> by: Richard D-H http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-45642 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:25:20 +0000 http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-45642 When oh when will we get a limited edition Moleskine Blackberry? My name is Richard and I am a GTD addict. When oh when will we get a limited edition Moleskine Blackberry?

My name is Richard and I am a GTD addict.

]]> by: trevor ginn http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-41948 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:35:57 +0000 http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-41948 I have recently bought a windows smartphone as I reckon that the only way to keep up GTD is to have all my information on the the one device I ALWAYS carry - my phone. This is my best GTD tip I have recently bought a windows smartphone as I reckon that the only way to keep up GTD is to have all my information on the the one device I ALWAYS carry - my phone. This is my best GTD tip

]]> by: Lifemuncher http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-39328 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:02:08 +0000 http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-39328 I feel your pain brother. I feel your pain brother.

]]> by: Jason Moore http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-39247 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:50:21 +0000 http://www.simonwaldman.net/blog/2007/08/06/me-and-gtd/#comment-39247 Thanks for the pingback! Yes, those words I wrote still resonate with me but I feel I've calmed down. One day I woke up and said to myself that if I settled on a system, think of how productive I could be with that "found" time. Still working with Levenger products but I moved my calendar and next actions online with Google Calendar and RTM, respectively. Working well so far. Been with it for 6-8 months. Sometimes feels we need a support group for this... ;) Thanks for the pingback! Yes, those words I wrote still resonate with me but I feel I’ve calmed down. One day I woke up and said to myself that if I settled on a system, think of how productive I could be with that “found” time. Still working with Levenger products but I moved my calendar and next actions online with Google Calendar and RTM, respectively. Working well so far. Been with it for 6-8 months. Sometimes feels we need a support group for this… ;)

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