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]]> By: GTD Wannabe http://pigpog.com/2006/07/11/gtd-the-pigpog-method/comment-page-1/#comment-137 GTD Wannabe Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-137 <p>Thanks for the link to my outlook macros! I'm still using them everyday; absolutely love them. Outlook is so much easier to deal with when you have macros to eliminate the dross :)</p> Thanks for the link to my outlook macros! I’m still using them everyday; absolutely love them. Outlook is so much easier to deal with when you have macros to eliminate the dross :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://pigpog.com/2006/07/11/gtd-the-pigpog-method/comment-page-/#comment-225 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-225 <p>I don't get the pleasure of looking at a bunch of crossed-through tasks! What should I do?</p> <p>Marshall Sontag <a href="http://live.marshallsontag.com">Marshall Sontag Live!</a> <a href="http://www.fishoilblog.com">Fish Oil Blog</a></p> I don’t get the pleasure of looking at a bunch of crossed-through tasks! What should I do?

Marshall Sontag Marshall Sontag Live! Fish Oil Blog

]]> By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2006/07/11/gtd-the-pigpog-method/comment-page-/#comment-226 pigpogm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-226 <p>I have to admit it's a bit of a problem. If you get a kick out of the process of crossing out or ticking off tasks, this trick kind of robs you of that.</p> <p>What system do you use?</p> <ul> <li>For Outlook, there's the macros that GTD Wannabe has made (linked in the article) that automate duplicating the task so you can mark the duplicate as complete, and carry on with the original.</li> <li>With paper, I guess you could always keep a seperate list to write down your 'achievements' or 'wins' each day/week/whatever.</li> </ul> <p>I found I never really looked back at the history anyway, so I just stopped worrying about it. It would be nice to have, but the extra overhead to keep it didn't seem worth it.</p> I have to admit it’s a bit of a problem. If you get a kick out of the process of crossing out or ticking off tasks, this trick kind of robs you of that.

What system do you use?

  • For Outlook, there’s the macros that GTD Wannabe has made (linked in the article) that automate duplicating the task so you can mark the duplicate as complete, and carry on with the original.
  • With paper, I guess you could always keep a seperate list to write down your ‘achievements’ or ‘wins’ each day/week/whatever.

I found I never really looked back at the history anyway, so I just stopped worrying about it. It would be nice to have, but the extra overhead to keep it didn’t seem worth it.

]]> By: marshmallowcreme http://pigpog.com/2006/07/11/gtd-the-pigpog-method/comment-page-/#comment-229 marshmallowcreme Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-229 <p>That Outlook macro sounds great, I will have to check it out.</p> <p>In The Ten Natural Laws of Time and Life Management by Hyrum Smith (founder of Franklinquest, who made the Franklin dayplanner), he said a study found that the process of checking an item off a todo list actually causes your brain to release endorphines. If this is so, I'm missing out on a lot of brain candy by not putting a little checkmark in a little box! However, I have a feeling that the same process in your brain that recognizes the little checkmark as something accomplished would also recognize that the changing of one action to another signifies that something has been accomplished...</p> <p>Hmmm... It just occurred to me that I can get high by drawing checkmarks into a bunch of little boxes! There goes my afternoon!</p> <p>Thanks for the macro tip.</p> <p>Warm regards, Marshall Sontag</p> That Outlook macro sounds great, I will have to check it out.

In The Ten Natural Laws of Time and Life Management by Hyrum Smith (founder of Franklinquest, who made the Franklin dayplanner), he said a study found that the process of checking an item off a todo list actually causes your brain to release endorphines. If this is so, I’m missing out on a lot of brain candy by not putting a little checkmark in a little box! However, I have a feeling that the same process in your brain that recognizes the little checkmark as something accomplished would also recognize that the changing of one action to another signifies that something has been accomplished…

Hmmm… It just occurred to me that I can get high by drawing checkmarks into a bunch of little boxes! There goes my afternoon!

Thanks for the macro tip.

Warm regards, Marshall Sontag

]]> By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2006/07/11/gtd-the-pigpog-method/comment-page-1/#comment-594 pigpogm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594 <p>I did try LifeBalance for a while, and quite liked it. In the end, I wasn't keen on having it just magically tell me what to do next, but it <em>did</em> seem oddly magical.</p> I did try LifeBalance for a while, and quite liked it. In the end, I wasn’t keen on having it just magically tell me what to do next, but it did seem oddly magical.

]]> By: Anonymous http://pigpog.com/2006/07/11/gtd-the-pigpog-method/comment-page-1/#comment-886 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-886 <p>I appreciate your site and the info and discussions here. What about the idea of assigning multiple categories to an Action in an Outlook Task? One category is for the proper context (@Work) and another category for the Project (~Conquer Albania). Then sort the Task list by categories, and you can view them by context and also have a distinct list of Projects, all starting with "~", for example.</p> <p>With my type of work, I can have multiple Next Actions for the same project, plus I have to admit I don't purge my Outlook Tasks (but need to at some point), but this way I have a list of planned and completed Actions that I can view under a Project list. Does anyone see any disadvantage to using multiple categories to include Projecs as categories? Thanks.</p> I appreciate your site and the info and discussions here. What about the idea of assigning multiple categories to an Action in an Outlook Task? One category is for the proper context (@Work) and another category for the Project (~Conquer Albania). Then sort the Task list by categories, and you can view them by context and also have a distinct list of Projects, all starting with “~”, for example.

With my type of work, I can have multiple Next Actions for the same project, plus I have to admit I don’t purge my Outlook Tasks (but need to at some point), but this way I have a list of planned and completed Actions that I can view under a Project list. Does anyone see any disadvantage to using multiple categories to include Projecs as categories? Thanks.

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