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This works very well for me. The trick is put the gym clothes without thinking about your feelings and thoughts. Then proceed to walk out the door with the same attitude, supressing the internal chatter..
Would you say one should just do it ?
just live the natural and inevitable path
toward a future where it has happened.
[0] http://zim-wiki.org/manual/Usage/Getting_Things_Done.html
The hardest part for me is consulting my lists. Does anyone ever get so bored (or motivated?) that they say "hey, I wonder where I could find a huge list of tasks to choose from!"? I email myself reminders. I put items in my google calendar. I've occasionally used google todo lists. I use Remember The Milk. I have iCloud notes and text files. I have Jira tickets. I never look at these things. Or at least, I never con…
I'm the same exact way... Tasks and reminders are spread across multiple services, but I never check them. Have you tried offline notes? It's not sexy and it doesn't sync with all of your devices, but for computer-related tasks the only to-do list I've had consistent success with is large post-it notes. It's always next to my keyboard so the effort required to consult the list is next to none.
While I most probably don't follow the tactics of GTD (haven't read them and don't want to) I aggressively follow a strategy that really works for me : reducing cognitive load. I make a point to commit nothing except the task on hand to my working memory. When I say "I should remember to", I immediately stop and use a Messenger bot I coded for that purpose When my wife say "Can you remember to" I immediately ask her…
I'm a novice programmer and have been building my own small personal web app for remembering references[0]. I'd love to take a look and learn from your bot if you're able to share the code! [0] https://github.com/brianzelip/refrem
I need to take an hour to open source the code, that's clear. But feel free to try and let me know if you have any question!