Comments on: Reconfiguring my Time Management

By: Raam

Raam — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:12:50 +0000

I don’t plan my days, Ben. This post was merely an outline of where my time goes. I hate creating daily schedules and trying to stick to them for the very reason you mentioned: it doesn’t allow for creative and spontaneous freedom. I suppose a better title for this post would have been “Reevaluating My Time Usage”.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:17:56 +0000

It must be horrible planing all of your days. What if you want to do something a bit off the cuff?

By: Raam

Raam — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:41:29 +0000

I’ve definitely experienced the same problem when I tried following a more scheduled routine. What’s worse, the personal projects (programming) and writing often soak up way more time than I allot for them. But when I’m in a creative mood, or I’m “in the zone”, it’s kind of hard to justify stopping just to keep my routine on track.

I read David Allen’s GTD book once, picked up a bunch of tips and attempt to apply the method, but I feel like I’m missing some key parts. I know I’ve got the “write everything down” part because I feel like I’m doing nothing but writing stuff down! Now I just need to master the getting stuff done part, hah.

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:35:16 +0000

The hardest for me is cutting out the leisure down. Let say I set aside two hours for dinner with friends, and then intend to go home, play guitar and sleep.

Now suppose I end up staying for three. When I get home, I have to choose – do I skip my leisurely guitar playing, give up some sleep, or sleep in and skip the workout?

I’d like to see an update how it goes for you – just like GTD, I tend to fall off the wagon from time to time =)