- Google Calendar - Duh! and the extension
- Trello, esp PeterB 18F with Trellis to hide columns I don't need
- Toggl - what I'm doing now 'Updating how I work (20m)'
- I rely on this a lot to see how mch I'm actually working
- RescueTime - to dbl check on Toggl.
I'm using paper and whiteboards less than I expected. Mostly for cost and portability.
Goals:
- More deep work periods
- More work brought to completion
- More concrete work I can share with future employers -- that establishes me as a leader
- More empathy and kindness.
The quote below describes how I was intending to work as of 2017-06-02. I never did work this way, much as I may have been inspired to by the Deep Work, by Cal Newport.
Ideally, I have 2 hours free at the start of the day to Just Work, then I orient myself to the rest of the day:
- Centering/mindfulness exercise
- Calendar in Leuchtturm
- Update from Google Cal
- Check Toggl for status/corrections
- Jot into Leuchtturm:
- Mantras & Habits
- 18F block
- Professional block
- Me & Family block
- Jot code:
__1__
ToDo, with priority[_1_]
In progress[_X_]
Done
- Review this weekly
- Stop listening to most podcasts. Instead, listen to music and literature.
- Why? Because the news and yammering is making me cross and anxious. And such news can be better absorbed by reading.
- Listening to music is the only way to engage with it
- Listening to literature improves how I speak
- #placematdiet
- YNABing
Tooling habits:
- Use Toggl to know what I'm doing
- Use Pomodoro so I will periodically review what I'm doing
- Use Alfred timers for tasks that could turn into yak-shaves
- If it's not on your list, don't do it ... more to come
Mindful practice habits:
- breathe
- listen (music, murmur)
- relax and/or move
- mantra
- Mark item as "in progress" (on board, or in notebook)
- Start toggl with "Item (time estimate)"
- Jot someplace (tktk) what the definition of done is.
- Work.
- Mark as done
- Celebrate
I'm bad at this. I often just push to InboxZeor and SlackZero and walk away.
- Tee up one deep work item the previous day to work on first
- Work with SLH to get alternate morning head start days
- Track time again with RescueTime
- Schedule time for email catch up.
- How to use my Mantras & Habits block?
I have too many tools that I might use on a daily basis:
- Leuchtterm1917
- Evernote
- Toggl
- Trello
- Kanban boards
- Gmail
- Google Calendar
- Physical Calendar
- Github repos (like this one)
- Diigo
- 1Password
- Dashlane
- Google Contacts
- Slack (work + Lisa, DCTech)
- RescueTime
- iPhone Reminders
Kids/Family
- Myschoolapp.com
- Paper calendar
Financial
- Mint
- USAA
- Google Sheets