I'm lost, loosing a lot of time, procrastinating, avoiding to take important decisions,...
I'm looking for a simple framework to be better at tracking and improving life and time managing.
Thanks in advance
Ask HN: Looking for a way to organise life/time
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Re: Ask HN: Looking for a way to organise life/time
#2David Allen, Getting Things Done:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done>
https://gettingthingsdone.com/>
Start with the book.
The concept is something of a perennial favourite with HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%22getting+things+done%22>
A mentor, coach, therapist, or partner can help as well.
You might want to check for underlying issues such as ADHD, though ultimately you've still simply got to establish goals, make a plan, and execute on it.
Re: Ask HN: Looking for a way to organise life/time
#3I would look into GTD - Getting things Done - which espouses creating a 'system' for time management.
To that end I recently started using Tick-Tick as my TODO app, and reconfigured it to match how I impliment my GTD system.
It's been great; I have it split at the top between work / home and I'm making great progress on both fronts, and rarely losing track of stuff now.
This is a good video that covers both Tick-Tick and GTD; I used this as a rough guide to setup my Tick-Tick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTjYWvumZ5M
Re: Ask HN: Looking for a way to organise life/time
#4Is your room clean?
Start there. Your life will follow from there.
It may seem trivial or "easy", but it's not. It's difficult because there's layers and layers of emotional and historical and monetary values all interacting.
Re: Ask HN: Looking for a way to organise life/time
#5If the mental condition is not good then nothing else really helps, from my experience.
Re: Ask HN: Looking for a way to organise life/time
#6David Allen, Getting Things Done : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done > https://gettingthingsdone.com/ > Start with the book. The concept is something of a perennial favourite with HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%22getting+things+done%22 > A mentor, coach, therapist, or partner can help as well. You might want to check for underlying issues such as ADHD, though ultimately you've still simply got to esta…
I second this. Also get MLO (My Life Organized). Bit of a learning curve but was a game changer for me. Works beautifully with concepts from GTD.
Re: Ask HN: Looking for a way to organise life/time
#7Try reading Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman and thank me later
Re: Ask HN: Looking for a way to organise life/time
#8David Allen, Getting Things Done : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done > https://gettingthingsdone.com/ > Start with the book. The concept is something of a perennial favourite with HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%22getting+things+done%22 > A mentor, coach, therapist, or partner can help as well. You might want to check for underlying issues such as ADHD, though ultimately you've still simply got to esta…
With regards to underlying issues, you can really go deep with this. I just took Rick Hansons positive neuroplacticity training and it gave me solid tools to observe my own thought patterns and where emotions were making me afraid of taking steps forward and being in alignment with my true self.
https://courses.rickhanson.net/courses/the-positive-neuropla...
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#10Avoidant behavior is often rooted in anxiety and can affect even the smartest and most diligent people. A trained professional is likely to fastest way to address it e.g. therapist or clinician. Think of it as an investment that could change your life.