There are several cornerstones of this system. These include: Separate, dedicated locations for each area of responsibility; Separate process for collecting what you have to do, to deciding what this stuff means, to actually doing it; Actionable items that have been indexed by priority, location, urgency; Regular-ish planning of your life at many scales; A disgustingly large reference system for junk.
Many people’s interest in organizational systems is directly proportional to how over-committed they are in the moment.
As foreshadowed in the introductory post in this series, the orgflow system is not meant to make you more productive.
We have introduced a new monthly standing meeting at the Music Cognition Group where the focus is meant to be on how to work.
As I write this sentence I know exactly how much time until my next break (45 minutes and 39 seconds if you’re interested).