Seeking Ideas/Wisdom/Advice: What To-Do/Task/Reminder Systems Have You Implemented that You Have Found Work Well for You, and Why? · 10:18am Jul 6th, 2022
Seeking Ideas/Wisdom/Advice: What To-Do/Task/Reminder Systems Have You Implemented that You Have Found Work Well for You, and Why?
hello friends, in my quest to study systems*, while I have learned much and implemented much and have much I have learned but suck at implementing, and on that note you'll be happy to know I'm getting lots of acting consistent gigs now I have a bunch of ketchup dogs I need to do anyway the point is one area I haven't really tackled since I started studying this but have somewhat unsuccessfully tackled in the past is a good to do system. I just constantly start emails or favorite/bookmark web pages with interesting articles, or think of stuff randomly throughout the day, things I need to do, to say nothing of prioritization, actually getting them done, etc so my question for you is in as short as bullet points or as long as some of my rambling drug fueled systems studies diary entries, when you think of things you need to do, how do you go about collecting those thoughts somewhere, and cataloging what you have or haven't accomplished, priority level, percentage done, what motivates you what doesn't motivate you what works and doesn't work, different systems for different things, the whole shebang. Just basically like whatever the fuck you want that is pertinent. Or I don't know, doesn't have to be relevant either. If you want to tell me a funny story about a chicken or share pictures of your cats, I'm not going to stop you. Especially the cats one. Yeah anyway I've been meaning to make this blog post for a bit so shout out for doing something on my to-do list haha love you all please stay safe drink lots of water and have a great day!
*which again has borne lots of fruits: I'll later make a separate blog with the full fantastically super trampolinian chain of context and a bunch of other epiphanies but last/this week basically while masturbating and building DIY Frankensteined sex toys from broken old ones and random house hold knick knacks I possibly came up with an invention idea that could significantly contribute towards solving our water shortage crisis. Oh and like three separate epiphanies involving evolutionary anthropology and evolutionary psychology and evolutionary neurochemistry etc. Basically people rarely use Evolution as a lens for intersectional stuff but I realized it's super underlooked but yeah that's another blog for another day
I run on brain juice.
Seriously though, I have nothing.
I write on my hand what I have to do.
Schedules.
I keep a lot of schedules.
Glad you’re getting acting gigs consistently now.
As for reminders, I just use my phone’s calendar. You can set how far out to be reminded, though most phone calendars only have two reminder settings, so you have to keep changing them if it’s an activity that’s far out that you need a timeline of completion for. Or you can just set multiple events for milestones.
infinite post-its
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Yep, I do use those for actual events. But to dos are iffier
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Where?
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all over my desk :B
also writing appointments on a wall calendar next to said desk
Get a notepad - yes, an old fashioned paper one - and write a to-do list in it. Cross things off when they're done. Simple as. It helps to have something physical that you can just glance at. When you end up with a page with all but one line crossed off, you'll know you've been putting something off. Good visual indicator. Also, I keep a school notebook nearby for when I have ideas or thoughts, and write them down. Practical thoughts (in my case, anyway), not nebulous philosophical stuff. Though I suppose it wouldn't hurt to write that type of stuff down. To be fair, I will also write down story bits and pieces if/when they come to me. That's nebulous, I suppose.
There is a definite advantage to using a pen and paper in the digital age. It feels different, for sure. I think it's because we're already 'plugged in' for so much of the day, that working with a different medium just seems like a nice break.
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It's because physically writing things forces your brain to remember them in a way that typing them does not. It's the same reason I never had to have serious study sessions in school: the copious notes I took during the lectures were the study sessions. I merely needed light refreshers on what I had already written.