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Getting Things Done

posted by [personal profile] bugshaw at 06:41pm on 11/02/2013
I often make lists of what I want to get done in the next month/week/whenever, attempting to cover a reasonable amount. But I neeeeeeeeever include in my time budget the fact that other things come up - social invitations, bits falling off the house, stupid utility companies misbilling and needing phone calls etc. Maybe I should...
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posted by [identity profile] coth.livejournal.com at 07:49pm on 11/02/2013
There was a recent January - probably 2011 - when I cleared my desk. Among the papers I discarded was a to-do list headed January the previous year. I had got them all done but it had taken me the whole year, not one optimistic month

.All depends what you expect your lists to achieve and what level of task you list.
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posted by [identity profile] davidwake.livejournal.com at 09:15am on 12/02/2013
I've heard it said that people over-estimate what they can do in a month and under-estimate what they can achieve in a year.
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posted by [identity profile] tarchannan.livejournal.com at 10:07pm on 11/02/2013
Yes - buffers! I've started learning those. I'm practicing sticking time estimates on things on todo lists (so I can check afterwards how long it really took, if I'm that on top of things), and sometimes stick buffers into the time estimates. If doing month schedules for things like work, I usually stick in a handful of buffer days, spread out at ends of major subtasks. Gives more slack for down days, harder tasks, and meetings that take up much time. Spacers are good - all the better to have options if they don't get filled up.

But, yes, also what coth said.
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posted by [identity profile] davidwake.livejournal.com at 09:17am on 12/02/2013
We deliberately book weekends with nothing on, which does work.

I've got my lists organised on my new toyphone, which has worked well in organising me, but recently a lot of items have 'stuck'.
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posted by [identity profile] sunflowerinrain.livejournal.com at 08:12am on 14/02/2013
One part plan to two parts accidentals...
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