Hi Lisa, I have debated about using the Effort field. The reason I say debated, is that I've not fully incorporated it into my process. Like you, I view it as willpower or mental / physical capacity. I include physical, because some tasks on my list will mean burning a lot of energy and probably getting sweaty. At one time, I had a view that showed items only of a certain effort level. The reason I am not doing that now is that I found I accidentally overwhelmed myself with to many views into my tasks. My current method is following GTD and using context first. I do have estimated min and max times, which is my next way to cull out tasks. My next step is to decide if I have the energy for any of the tasks that match my context and time. Lastly, I have given myself permission to not work on something so long as I'm aware I'm not working on it. I hope this helps.
Elizabeth On Saturday, August 10, 2013 11:28:36 AM UTC-5, Lisa S wrote: > > A long time ago, I read the book, "Time Management from the Inside Out" by > Julia Morgenstern. She talks about matching your [mental] energy levels to > your tasks. For example, if you have your highest energy first thing in the > morning, and you automatically check email (which is not usually a very > high energy requiring task), then in a sense you waste some of that > time. For this discussion I almost think of energy as "willpower" or mental > capacity. > > So, the first question is, does anyone have an MLO structure that > accounts for how much willpower the task requires? Do you use the effort > field, and if so what do you do with it? What happens when you forget to > set it? > > The problem I've been encountering is that my mental energy levels have > become unpredictable. It puts me in a loop, where I get overwhelmed by my > task list, and because of that I don't even accomplish basic tasks that > *are* achievable during that time. So, my second question is how do you > keep yourself focused on using MLO when you get overwhelmed? As I've > mentioned before, my most effective technique is to tweak > my processes, which is why am writing this :-) > > -- > Lisa > > ------------------------------ > Lisa Stroyan, > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/32fc5590-bc55-4949-9429-de5ae34cff9b%40googlegroups.com?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
