Personally, I try to use as few of the fields in MLO as possible, otherwise I get overwhelmed by maintaining and editing my MLO task list, rather than getting on and doing the tasks. For that reason, I avoid the effort and time required fields.
Regards, Stéphane On Saturday, 10 August 2013 17:28:36 UTC+1, 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, mailto: [email protected] <javascript:> > -- 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/2596f1d6-4b50-42c4-8887-3488cd8675f8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
