Posts Tagged ‘productivity’

My favourite thing…

Saturday, August 9th, 2008
  
Mood : trying not to get distracted
Curently Listening to : Nine inch nails - 33 Ghosts IV

…about making a website or doing some photoshopping is how when you start seeing it come together in front of your very eyes. That all your work is really turning into something, no matter how simple or mundane the final result looks.

My second favourite thing is the part where you have to go read up on things to do something, learning something new or just reminding yourself.

My third favourite thing is that you can behave like the biggest laziest sloth ever ie, slump about in a dressing gown, don’t eat or shower for ageesss because you’re too busy wrapped up in what you’re doing.

My least favourite thing is the fact I chew my nails and skin to death and I forget about a cup of tea and its cold by the time I return to it :(

Got less than two hours of the day to go. I just need to style the bottom of this page. I’ll write the content later. Then I’ll squeeze in an application before I go out. In the rain :(

Remember the milk…and Coffee

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
  
Mood : busy and rocking
Curently Listening to : Nine inch nails - Piggy (live)

Okay, so I decided to increase my web app stuff, and decided to give ‘Remember the milk‘ a spin. It’s basically a kinda cool online app for to organising to do lists. Since I decided I wanted a GTD app, then decided against a desktop based app because I’m very ‘on the go’ minded, as I like everything online so I grab at it from anywhere, I eventually settled on this site.

Bob had already mentioned remember the milk to me a while back, though I’d already read about it on lifehacker way way before that but never felt the need for it. Now I’m trying to be proactive I think tis a good idea yar. Plus the cool thing of being able to integrate it into my gcal makes it a very wise choice indeed. Essentially I can task manage from my gcal without needing to go into the RTM site. Sweett.

In other news, I’ve started to drink more coffee, though I’ve determined I’m a latte drinker, not a coffee drinker since I had a coffee for lunch and it tasted like shit, then I had another latte from the italian and it was bloody gorgeous. I think I should totally check out this latte scene, I mean I’m still mad on tea don’t get me wrong. I had a bloody awesome brew after my tests yesterday - brew from tea leaves and not bags always seem to taste better.

I’m still in a financial crisis, so the best thing I can do now is try and reduce the damage as much as I can. Fortunately I’m on my new hours from next week, so this means I can cut out costs on food, therefore my main costs will be on petrol. Unless I get a full time job - then the damage limitation will be better. I need to push to make money though, must must must, the key is in the money.

Hehe had a slight banter earlier on twitter about needing to win the lottery, and Bob suggested we used the numbers in Lost to see if we’d win it, though I pointed out I was already unlucky enough as it is!

Right, am busy-busy, but first…photos…

The GTD list

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
  

Alright, alright so I’ve decided to take some basic principles that have been highlighted on lifehacker anndd related to some GTD principles.

I’ve made a new list of things to do, but I’m now trying to break down larger tasks to smaller tasks as much as possible. So there’s a list of tasks, and a list of main objectives that will be fulfilled eventually.

The idea is that I’m currently aiming to try and do two things on the tasks list a day, but in order, so I’ve purposely listed them in the order they should be done. Though I’m still giving allowance for adjustments and addition of tasks as they come up. Plus I also have an ongoing tasks list, like reading and stuff, though I may eradicate that eventually if it proves obsolete.

Oh yeah, also it seems I woke up to some play.com package awaiting me. I think to myself ‘hmm this is odd I don’t remember buying anything off play lately’ - I open it, and out pops a copy of Getting Things Done. Ahh that Bob, he’s the only one who would have done it. Now I may or may not read it, but for now I’m going to give this new system a crack.

Two days to go ^_^