On Time Management

Last updated on 2024-10-14

Lists

Things basically get filed into one of two lists—Open and Closed—taken from Oliver Burkeman's book 4,000 Weeks. Projects and single actions mingle in the same list. If a thing is a project it gets a folder to collect any materials associated with it. The open list is just an index of things I could work on. The one exception to this rule is the Someday/Maybe List. Things that will definitely not get touched in the next six weeks goes in Someday/Maybe.

Closed List

Closed List example

My Closed List is based off of Burkeman's 3/3/3 idea for relaxed todo lists.

DATE
FOCUS TASK
Three maintenace tasks
Three sticky tasks (to start with)
Notes for tomorrow at the bottom of the page