![]() ![]() ![]() There are a lot of ideas that are fun to float out there…and since I never know what will strike a chord with someone, I just keep pumping these things out and seeing what happens. Perhaps an Emergent Task Designing form is in the pipeline? A boy can only dream…īrad, Annelise: Thanks for adding your perspective! I’m glad that you’re taking the forms in the spirit with which they’re intended. That being said, I very much appreciate David’s ideas and his sense of style, and I look forward to reading more and looking at more forms. From the overly positive and superfluous neologisms (time boxing = writing a to-do list, perhaps?) to the overly specific forms (Emergent Task Planning and Emergent Task Tracking? Now that’s just funny), this particular post reminded me too much of the IRS. What I meant to say is that this particular post struck me as really going too far. I do have a system to organise my life I use iCal’s ToDo lists and calendar with and and I’m a big fan of GTD in general and have used some of David’s forms (I printed the single page calendar and glued it to my notebook), and I didn’t mean to criticize people for writing to-do lists, organizing their lives, etc. If no one uses all of these forms and these forms are not intended to be all used in tandem, then my previous comment should be ignored. I definitely feel you’re creative and putting you and your work out into the world, which is one of the defining qualities of humanity. If I have to fill out a few forms a day to achieve what I want to achieve, I’ll do it!ĭavid, you don’t seem bureaucratic to me at all. Yes, it would be ideal if I didn’t have these problems with procrastination (and depression), but I do, and it is literally ruining my life. Instead of thinking I didn’t get something done, I think of the important things I did get done, and that helps me feel better and so then procrastinate less. And I really like the Concrete Goal Tracker, because it is a positive focus. Because I have severe problems with procrastination, and will easily blow off the entire day without realizing it. But, if I spend 30 minutes a day working on forms (which I don’t spend that much, maybe just 5 or 10) and then it motivates me to work for many hours, then that’s great. Michael’s correct in that it does take time to work on these forms. What’s interesting to me is trying to make things work a little better, in the way I know how, for people that are around me. You may disagree with the methodology, but that’s fine. Some are excited by the idea of a customized form that can be applied to their own lives, and make certain invisible aspects of their day-to-day activity more tangible. The humanity that matters to me is being able to create things that are helpful to people. I’m one of those people who likes making diagrams and lining up information so I can see what’s going on. You may be one of those rare people who can do it without resorting to todo lists. The basic problems I’m trying to solve for myself is maintaining context from day to day (something that’s tough for me) and keeping a clear view of what’s going on. ![]() ![]() One person’s bureaucracy is another person’s necessary structure. Michael: If you’re looking for me to slap my head and exclaim MY GOD I HAVE BEEN SUCH A FOOL, well, you’ll have to stand in line :-) Everyone looks for a different solution to their problem, and I happen to be sharing mine. The main reason is probably I just liked “Emergent Planning” as a name :-) So what “emerges” is the short term action plan, as opposed to deliberate execution of a grander strategy. In other words, I just decided what I needed to do today, as opposed to a longer-term plan, in which a deliberate pace is being set. Brad: I was thinking it was “Emergent Planning” in that it’s more tactical than strategic. ![]()
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