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We've lived here for two years, and *finally* in one weekend, I found a way to set up the craft room so that I want to work in it.
(Yay! Come craft with me!)
Todo board for the slip method
A magnet board made from an old picture frame and some weathered galvanised steel. The action slips are arranged in context groups, e.g. 'dry weather', 'daytime', 'neutral' etc. with symbol and code magnets giving further information, and identifying the actions on the time graph to the right.
The advantage of writing a todo list on individual slips is the flexibility of being able to rearrange them, and move the slips to wherever they may be needed at any given time, e.g. from conception on the move to a project file, to the tickler, to the todo board, and maybe to a portable mini folder/wallet as a reminder when on the go, and perhaps back into the tickler for rescheduling. When the job is done, the slip is removed and the integrety of the list retained. The slip can also have additional, possibly dynamic information added to it, like context or symbols for importance, effort , concentration or time required, or any other criteria.
See the blog post, "Emptying my head to reboot my Project List at Juggling Frogs for the explanation.
My computer desk is made from an old wardrobe, the front panels and door removed, and shelves and a pull-out keyboard shelf added. I added some drawers to a couple of little nesting tables for all the little bits and bobs. Because I live and work in a very small place (a 100 sq ft cabin), there is an overlap between the different spaces and storage areas. As I have to live with my work space, I like it to blend in with the rest of the 'house'.
There is more on organization tools on my website www.judyofthewoods.net
Don't miss the original size picture
From Return to Flight.
NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Discovery on top lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base to begin its ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cross-country journey will take two days, with stops at several intermediate points for refueling. (NASA photo by Carla Thomas)
More info about my photography can be found at my blog
See the updated version here
Thought I would add a picture of my office to the Life Hacker pool. Its not too minimalistic but it works well for me, hope you enjoy. If you have any questions feel free to ask!
I got the desk from Costco about 2 years ago. It was originally a U-desk so it has been modified quite a bit to make it work better in the room. Pretty much everything else in the room is from Ikea.
A lot easier to see.
Other Side of Office:www.flickr.com/photos/anthonygrimes/3415964295/
Close up of Desk: www.flickr.com/photos/anthonygrimes/3416766762/
Explore #43
I AM Organized, Well, Almost (Done!) ! - IMRAN ™
With half a dozen passions, dozens of interests, a plethora of things to take care of, a flood of new ideas, hundreds of things in progress, and a 1000-items To Do list, I juggle it all. Where you’d say “This place is a mess,” I would respond that “This mess is a place” where there is method to the madness.
The seeming piles cluttering all my work surfaces are organized chaos. The worst thing someone could do would be to come “clean up and organize” my stuff, because then I wouldn’t know where anything is. The latent workflow and priorities of each item inherently built into everything’s place in the various piles would be destroyed.
The only “organized” thing in my life is the list of all these cluttered things to “organize”.... They are all intended to go into one pile.... called Done!
In the end that is what matters. Much more than an organized unfinished life of interests ignored, passions paused, dreams destroyed.
What do you think?
© 2021 IMRAN™
#IMRAN #philosophy #success #living #happiness #GettingThingsDone #organization #results
Cindy brought me dinner from Lito's, which included a fortune cookie that wanted to give me grief. But what can I say, the cookie is right.
My Filofax wallet, my Samsung Mobile, my Filofax planner, my pen case, my sun glasses, 3 books, 4 highlight pens, hand creme, cords for the mobile, my medicines, my hairbrush and a lipstick.
The cosy corner and manual office with filing box on one side, and office essentials I want at my fingertip on the other. I have a few lap desk for several projects on the go, which can be stacked on the filing box.
There is more on organization tools on my website www.judyofthewoods.net
I am writing and serializing a book on the slip method, explaining how it works and how it can be integrated with a system.
A productivity scheme so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel!
If you use Post-its to write down things to do or other notes, try this color coding.
See LifeClever for more: moourl.com/colorpostits
She decided to take a nap in my new Filofax when I was in the middle of studying the GTD system. "Getting things done" isn't easy to do when a fat cat is laying ontop of the notes :)
The tickler is how I remind myself of things in the future.
Writeup is at askwebb.blogspot.com/2006/09/getting-things-done-part-4-t...
My current (July 2007) organizer layout. One Circa notebook with quad-ruled 5.5" x 8.5" paper for Capture. Second Circa notebook for Calendar, Errata, Notes, Next Actions, Waiting For, and blank Project Detail sheets for notes.
The Calendar pages are 2-pages per Week, and are a custom design.
Pocket Moleskine infobook (after).
GTD hack applied. Tabs now read (from top to bottom): next actions, waiting for, projects, someday/maybe, reference and the expandable inner pocket is now a mobile inbox.
A perfect, compact GTD tool!
For more info, please read this entry on my GTD blog.
Why NOT put the apps you use most on the first screen of your iPhone? Find out at www.kadavy.net/blog/archive/2008/03/declutter_your.php
For brainstorming tasks and other things, I use small sticky notes on acetate covered magnets. The notes are quick to attach and can be moved around countless times without loosing stickiness or curling up. Plain paper can be slipped into a clear pocket.
A note on goals: when working for a goal, the options sometimes expand, as the means are not necessarily as important as the end result. Goals don't have to be some lofty abstract thing, just a result you strive for. Before I found out about the benefits of goal planning, I would often get fixed on some project, and not see the alternatives. For example, I might decide that I would have to build a shed to store a load of stuff. The goal is not to build a shed, but to store the stuff I need. This could be potentially achieved by other means. I could make more space in existing buildings by decluttering, and getting rid of stuff I don't need, and by careful planning of storage space.
For more information on the slip method visit www.judyofthewoods.net
I love seeing these sorts of photos from other people, so when I realized I need to clean out my bag, I decided to do my own.
Generally, I also carry a knitting project (socks, often) and books for class.
More photos of my GTD System are here: flickr.com/photos/sparrowlight/sets/72157613079321706/
Reorganizando meus arquivos no home-office depois de trazer a papelada do ex-consultório, agora em obras. Aplicando nova taxonomia com auxílio de cores e hierarquizando conforme planejei num baita mindmap.
(estou montando desde o início do ano, acho que essa semana concluo; posterei no blog um tutorial bacaninha)
This mini tickler is my 2 1/2 dimensional calendar and to-do list. Each slip is only a task 'docket' written on a small slip of paper. I may do away with the daytime/evening devision in the tickler, as the slips will go into context once the day arrieves. Instead, I may make the three pockets into A, B, and C priority, where A is absolutly date specific.
More details on how it works on my website www.judyofthewoods.net/organised.html
A cardboard easel with a wood strip glued to the lower front edge displays the goal/masterlist booklet with the goals on the front, the in-progress project booklet with the action slips on the front, and the scaled down to-do list. The easel can also display inspirational material which is bound with Rollabind-like disks at the top.
There is more on the slip method on my website.
A major component of my GTD process is the daily checklist. I print one of these every day. It's a huge help.
See askwebb.blogspot.com/2006/09/getting-things-done-part-3-d... for the description.
The project organiser is made up of the booklet rack and an A3 tray rack. The desig or writing material of any current project is worked on a tray which can slide into the rack and allows me to leave work in progress to remain spread out, but tidied away when not worked on. This extends the desk space several times over, and prevents clutter, and also allows me to work on a project out in the garden by simply picking up the tray.
There is more on the slip method on my website.
For more on how the tickler works, see original tickler
There is more on the slip method on my website.
About every other month I clear it off enough to see the top. I need to somehow find the time to process my inbox(s) down to zero so maybe I can keep them that way...
Do you know what a Hipster PDA is? Paper based productivity.
Check into www.diyplanner.com www.43folders.com and probably a slew of others I don't recall.
Computer programs are just not keeping up, they don't do enough, and thus being irritated I end up slacking more. The Hipster for me is an effort to reclaim my thoughts via David Allens GTD methodologies in a fraction of space. I use standard index cards, color coded, and printed on an as needed basis. The end goal is to have all the things in my world end up on cards, then get sorted in a daily and weekly basis to help continue moving my life forward.
One of the former systems I used for Getting Things Done.
Using A7-sized ruled index cards. Several next actions on each index card (not just one next action). List of projects and someday/maybe in the back. Loop for holding a pen.
Section "N" for next actions, section "W" for 'waiting for', section, section "P" for projects, "S" for someday/maybe and section "I" for inbox (not visible in the picture).
More info here.
I am writing and serializing a book on the slip method, explaining how it works and how it can be integrated with a system.
Credit for the idea of having week days in a row comes from RossMania's tickler
The case is made of thick cardboard - mounting board off-cuts from a framing shop - glued and pinned with thumb-tacks to a wooden base. The deviders are pieces of thin card - confectionary boxes from a local chocolate shop. Each booklet has a card backing, a slash pocket for paper that cannot be punched), some blank paper, project support material (notes and sketches) and a pocket card at the front with action slips. The tabs sticking out are 'spine' markers with sketches of each project for visual reference. The booklets are bound with Rollabind-like discs.
There is more on the slip method on my website.
One section of my notebook is set aside for general notes. This can be anything at all, just scribbling, doodling, remembering small bits and pieces, note taking during meetings and really.... well anything!
It does have a set format, each week I begin by lining across the page so that I can quickly see each week throughout my notes. I note down things on TV for a week (see a future post about that!), tasks that I would like to complete during the week. Everything else is completly free text and is really a "rough book" for the week. The photo here shows on the left page a map of London (in my own style) showing Victoria station to the Natural History Museum and back to Buckingham Palace. That week, we all went to a trip to London and here was my map with all I needed for trains, buses and underground for the day. I should make sure that at no time in the future do I ever apply for a job as a map maker!
Here the to-do 'list' and tickler are on the same board. This is my prefered display, but due to virtually no available wall space by the desk, the board is behind me, and out of sight, and therefore out of mind. So I made a mini desk tickler.
For a description of the to-do area see original to-do board
For a description on how the tickler works see the original setup
There is more on the slip method on my website.
The box for hanging files was made from cardboard with wooden ends, metal strips as rails, and handles made from fence straining wire.
The large files will be condensed into the mini filing system after extracting core information. The two bulging files simply labled 'Garden' (hm, where in this pile is the article on growing figs?) will be transfered to fact A6 sheets and sorted by plant and other garden related subject. I tried to fit the template onto an A7 sheet, but it would be a bit crowded, so this one will be an A6 rack.
There is more on organization tools on my website www.judyofthewoods.net