ADVICE Needed: Personal Organisation and Productivity Methods/Apps/Approaches

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@holonology

interest in the system quickly overtook the excitement of doing the work.

I’d like to add: The dependency you create on these systems or apps. Some of us can’t imagine this, but there was a time that people were very organised when internet synced apps and “cloud pm” wasn’t a thing .

@orion

I am going to echo pen and paper.

And a (digital) agenda. Using pen and paper also trains your brain, so you’ll easy remember what you need to do and make your unconscious part of the brain do the hard work (like prioritizing and problem solving).

Have a notebook for work and leave it at you workplace. Same for music projects or your house. This way you’re never tempted to mix things up: This keeps you focussed on what you want to do.

@CCMP

I travel quite a bit too, so taking 3-4 pads around with me just isn’t practical, esp when I’ll have the devices with me anyway.

Then there’s the trees. I like trees.

Well… the batteries, power and resources needed for those devices and traveling in general is much more harmful for “the trees” (environment) than the wood used for paper.
There are notebooks made from recycled paper.

@CCMP

it feels quite overwhelming, like I have way more work to do in getting organised than I’d realised…

I’d say it really shouldn’t be that complicated to get organised. Keep it simple and focus on steadyness and dicipline which are important to make any method work.

@elxsound

Another thing that helps, but I’m still working on is quickly meditating

I would take this on step further, as tools, apps and methods are just ways to fix the symptoms of “unorganised-ness” and not the cause: Take care of yourself as much as possible: exercise, meditate, have enough sleep, eat healthy, limit (or quit) alcohol or drugs. When your body and mind are fueled and rested, it’s much easier to get organised, whatever method you choose.