|
|  |
|
|
|
| |
| Jul 20, 2005 7:31 pm |
|
re: What kind of planner do you use? |
Russ Jackman
| |
I gave up on regular planners and designed my own about 15 years ago ... it's designed as a two-page-per-week layout in 8-1/2 x 11, with lots of room for tasks, a hot list, and separate daily columns for meetings and tasks.
When I was on the road, or in the office before computers became so pervasive, it helped keep me on track. The only issue was the constant bringing forward each week of incomplete tasks!
I recently purchased a little computer utility called "On The Ball", which allows you to drop tasks, meetings, etc. "on the ball" and get them out of your mind until it's time to work on them. It's pretty light-weight as far as planners go, but it's like an electronic "to do" list that brings stuff forward, inserts repeating tasks automatically, and is quite easy to use. They are developing a version 2, and I hope it will have the ability to prioritize or assign importance to each task, and list accordingly.
For large projects, I simply use a pad and paper and list every conceivable little step along the way. I'm finding that working in 20 minute chunks is ideal, so I include different tasks (even if something mundane as putting in the laundry) for a change of pace ... all pre-scheduled and guilt-free.
However, I would love to have one single source controlling my life, and not being married (!) I figure a PDA will be my next major purchase. The problem is finding suitable software that will run on the PDA platform ...
RussPrivate Reply to Russ Jackman (new win) |
|
| |
|
