How I Get Things Done

How I get things done (while trying to keep my sanity)

Key Points
Capture: Place tasks and appointments into your system as soon as possible.
I always am either near my computer or iPhone, so this is easy.
Store: Use the cloud to make this information available everywhere.
Automate: As much as you can.

The Tools
A Task List: I use Remember The Milk .
A Calendar: I use Google Calendar.
Ifttt to add extra automation.

Setting up your task list
Create a Personal and Work list to track the day to day.
Create a list for any project with more than a few tasks.
Tag any item you can't do now with “ Depends ”

Set up helper lists
Create a list to summarise your next actions.
not tag:depends
Create a list to review pending tasks.
tag:depends
Create a list to review stale tasks.
(NOT addedWithin:”1 week”) AND due:never
Review these lists regularly!

Set up calendar
Get an ical link for your calendar
Under calendar settings in Google Calendar
Make it ubiquitous across all your devices!
(So you can capture an event as soon as you know about it)

Automate where you can
Automation is largely application specific
But here are some ideas...
Use ifttt to tell you to cover your car if it will snow tomorrow
Set up a recurring maintenance schedule for your house
Make progress on long term projects by scheduling regular reviews

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How I Get Things Done

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