Günter Lichtenberg <m...@guenterlichtenberg.de> writes: > I also have a lot of projects that are shifting and changing and regularly > something > unscheduled pops up. Maybe a bit obvious, but what helped me most was to set > aside time > every week on Friday (as org habit "Plan Next Week") to (re)organise tasks > for the next > week. I use org-timeblock for that. While that costs me something like 30 > minutes to an > hour, it helped me a lot and I do not consider this lost time.
+1 That's also what I do. Here is the relevant checklist I use - [ ] Check clocking data for past week This data will reflect my actual performance, not the way I feel. Related: [benkuhn] My Weekly Review Habit - https://www.benkuhn.net/weekly/ - [ ] add to clock-summary - [ ] Think about undesired actions I have made during the week. What was the trigger for the actions? Reward? Can I avoid the trigger? Can I change the action? Remove reward? Duhigg, Charles [Random House] (2012) The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and business https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12609433-the-power-of-habit]] - [ ] Am I happy with the time spend on work? - [ ] If not, should I mark some of the areas or common projects SOMEDAY? - [ ] If I feel that I worked too much, but it is not true, consider reducing the number of active work tasks - [ ] Look at weekly agenda - [ ] check tasks to archive - [ ] commit the changes - [ ] check *WAITING and HOLD tasks*, mark them NEXT if need to followup (make *note*) - [ ] If there are too many tasks, consider creating new projects - [ ] If I am not going to followup, mark =FROZEN= or =TRACK= (I will be contacted anyway) - [ ] check *active projects*. Make sure that nothing falls out of control - [ ] look quickly into the task list and make sure that I have sane next week planning - [ ] Check *WAITING and HOLD projects*, move them to someday if necessary - [ ] schedule some projects to future if they hang waiting/hold for too long - [ ] make sure that the number of active project for *next week* is manageable. Mark/unmark them HOLD otherwise. I should really set a small number of projects to avoid distracting my attention into too many things at the same time [benkuhn] Attention Is Your Scarcest Resource - https://www.benkuhn.net/attention/ - [ ] check SOMEDAY projects and consider if I need to start/continue working on them -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode maintainer, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
