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How to get the most out of next year (2016)

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Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)

#11

Not my cup of tea, but I appreciate the effort and feel it'll help a lot of people immensely. On the side note, I've noticed that the best and most actionable productivity articles made their way here in January every year. Makes me that much more excited about January.

What is your cup of tea in this area?

Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)

#13
My main advice is feel free to skip questions or entire sections, it's okay to let some things be "status quo".

Also I don't like YOLO questions ("what if you had a year to live") they're usually orthogonal to your actual plans and values.

It is important to note how much time you think you have left with your loved ones, your career, your schooling, etc. and take that into account when deciding how to spend your precious tie.

EDIT: I will add, just typing out that I will be 98 in 2080 is a cheap thrill all by itself.

Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)

#14

Not my cup of tea, but I appreciate the effort and feel it'll help a lot of people immensely. On the side note, I've noticed that the best and most actionable productivity articles made their way here in January every year. Makes me that much more excited about January.

What is your cup of tea in this area?

Make no plans. Enjoy life for what it is.

Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)

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post #5

I would challenge the author of this document to try and get this down to 10 pages or preferably less. I’ve had a skim through and I’m not convinced this needs to be a 22 page document. The longer and more involved these planning systems are, the more I think they verge into procrastination territory. Or even a different presentation method. A quick checklist of the actual process that is two pages long at most at th…

I’d argue a vast majority of the “productivity industry” is ironically just procrastination.

Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)

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post #5

I would challenge the author of this document to try and get this down to 10 pages or preferably less. I’ve had a skim through and I’m not convinced this needs to be a 22 page document. The longer and more involved these planning systems are, the more I think they verge into procrastination territory. Or even a different presentation method. A quick checklist of the actual process that is two pages long at most at th…

I disagree. If you actually go through the document, everything of value is well laid out and lets you skim. It would have been much harder to skim and many procrastinators would just skip even reading the 2 pages.

On the other hand, a 2 page thing in addition would be a good summary which anyone can make rather than challenging the author.

Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)

#17

By not reading things like "how to get the most out of...".

Why not, it can be a helpful starting point for self reflection. Do most people even truly reflect on themselves, or do they lead lives of quiet desperation, the stereotyped unconscious despair? Any thing that encourages introspection is good in my book.

Bold of you to assume self-reflection is some sort of antidote to desperation and despair.

Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not, it can be a helpful starting point for self reflection. Do most people even truly reflect on themselves, or do they lead lives of quiet desperation, the stereotyped unconscious despair? Any thing that encourages introspection is good in my book.

Bold of you to assume self-reflection is some sort of antidote to desperation and despair.

If not an accelerant!

Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)

#20

Not my cup of tea, but I appreciate the effort and feel it'll help a lot of people immensely. On the side note, I've noticed that the best and most actionable productivity articles made their way here in January every year. Makes me that much more excited about January.

What is your cup of tea in this area?

What works for me is this system - https://www.heroic.us/
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