I wear many hats, (who doesn’t these days) and switch them multiple times each day. Add to this that no two days of my week have repeating schedules for work or home, and I’m left running on all cylinders just to maintain status quo.
As I listened to David Allen talk about his GTD method for CEP 810 this week, I realized I waste lots of energy remembering routines between my various roles. I yearned for more of what he calls “psychological bandwidth.” As a result, I explored several new productivity tools with gusto!
The 30/30 app has been my favorite. It collects reusable task lists. Each task is assigned a time and the time to complete the full list is calculated. Once created, you just open your list, press play and follow the directives you’ve outlined. It was also intuitive, a plus since I didn’t have time to watch tutorials on Evernote.
30/30 has helped reduce my stress about what to do next. I can identify a 4 hour work period, a stay-at-home morning, or an evening with a work meeting, think about the routine once and save it to use whenever need arises. While it can’t take the place of my calendar or lists, it’s had a lot of bang for the buck. I freed up energy because 30/30 let’s me run on auto-pilot.
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