second hour done (play catchup with communications :))
moving on
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027857692306101
so I need some sort of middle ground of … disciplinary flow, I guess?
also with the old life, all I had to do was show up, and do the work. and that was easy to plan and execute
my current life is very amorphous. I have a lot more responsibilities. I have to take care of family. My body broke in 2018 and it requires daily upkeep to function. And I am trying to pivot careers. All of these generate a lot of work. Not to mention the rest of life throwing things at me.
So I somehow need some approach to taming it. and focus on what I need to do.
I’m good at the long term stuff. I know what I want to do.What I need to try. The paths to get there.
What I currently lack is some way of handling daily life. And what to do when life happens all the time.
Current plan: long term stuff - do with #OrgMode. daily stuff - do with #TimeBlocking
What I *also* need to remember to do is ***review*** mesh what i do on a daily basis and see if it is leading me to where I want to be.
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027797839619853
#orgmode, #timeblocking, #mjbBabbles
Tech writer friends on the #Fediverse, when do you write about your projects?
I write tiny scripts that help me do stuff.
And I always want to write about them.
But I feel silly, thinking folks already know this.
Or I haven’t done it yet, let me write about it once, I get it working
And once I’m done, sometimes the thing I did is so specific, I don’t know if other folk will write it.
Or the script / program does, what I want it to do, works really well, and fades into the background with my good intentions of writing about it.
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027764035458112
#fediverse, #blogging, #writing
but more important than that is the mindset.
when I was doing omnifocus / gtd, everything got done, but I was wound tight as a drum.
and while over the past years, i reverted to simple planning using org mode, i feel … free, but important things fall through the cracks and then I am all flustered. I also feel lost a lot.
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027703613123286
oh, I just realised, I never addressed *why* I am doing this.
let’s talk tools first. There was a time when everything just worked.
I had a Mac & iPhone, I was into Getting Things Done, I did consulting with a select set of clients and Omnifocus helped with everything/everywhere.
Right now, consulting is at a bare minimum, I’m in the middle of a career pivot. I use Linux and would prefer foss tools alongside paper or other analogue systems
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027691554381260
first hour done! (doing my first day on easy mode, so nothing really serious here)
i need to be aware and account for cascading tasks.
tiny tasks that need more tasks or the context around it needs more task.
ok I need go get that towel.
… oh but these raincoats on the line need to be put in and folded too!
and a million other teensy things like these
i need to budget more time than i need
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027655017684224
my first heuristic when trying new stuff out, nowadays is not how it works, but *who* made it.
if this is a VC funded / global megacorp thing, it automatically puts it in a no trust, try in a sandbox, give it a really long trial, and then use it and then don’t even trust it zone, if i use it at all
most times, I’ll just skip it. #ViaNegativa
life’s too short to be burned multiple times.
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027631317959132
muting trump and us politics was the best thing for my sanity i ever did on mastodon.
i don’t get indian stuff much, because I think I don’t follow enough Indian folk. will do indian politics when it get loud enough too
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027415668733837
muting trump and us politics was the best thing i ever did on mastodon.
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111027406881905675
i already thought of additional stuff to do!
goshdarnit!
ok. this goes into the ideas side on the left like Cal suggests.
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