For me the process which works is the "make a mess, then clean it up" approach. Also known as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Diamond_(design_process...
“Nothing” is the secret to structuring your work
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#82Working in a university library always feels refreshing for this reason
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#83I've found mostly the opposite. Some well arranged windows are quite a nice anchor, I'm working on what's there in front of me. It's like bowling with bumpers in place, instead of the ball going in the gutter, the structure keeps it in the lane. I've found it necessary to devote time to cleaning and clearing windows, and sometimes I forget what's going on, and as I'm closing out the windows because I forgot what was…
I'd be pretty lost without my pretty crazy zellij setup.
Zellic - wow there goes a day learning a new awesome tool. This is just what I need (I think, based on a quick glance).
Thank you for mentioning this - best tip of the day ;-)
Seems to be inspired from emacs/doom-emacs and friends … great!!!
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#84Clearing my tabs and IDE is also the best way to lose context and miss all kinds of things I've had queued up.
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#85For me the process which works is the "make a mess, then clean it up" approach. Also known as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Diamond_(design_process...
Yeh, same. I also have a strong “do it now” attitude to try and reduce as much fluff as possible. I know a lot of people where they will add sending an email to the bottom of their very long todo list and it basically won’t get done. It takes two minutes, just DO IT when someone asks. In fact when someone asks me anything at work I drop everything, find the answer, and my next reply to them will be with the answer. I know context switching can be tough but other people are your portal to how your perceived in the outside world so they should be treated as priority. People appreciate this and you’ll be loved by your colleagues. Then you can go back to the optimisation rabbit hole you were half way down that probably wasn’t 100% asked for by the client anyway if you’re being honest.
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#86Incredibly naive take
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#87I can relate. I enjoy the feeling of being free to close any window because it takes so little effort to bring it back. So, during a day, I close around a hundred of windows.
And it really helps to not think about accumulated junk.
The trick is to make the workflow really dynamic so that the process of managing it doesn’t stand in the way.
Some folks prefer to accumulate. I think this is fine as long as they make a system comfortable to navigate. Their approach wouldn’t work if they had to use a dynamic system that forced them to manage their dozens of sessions all the time. Conversely, their tools seem to be slow for a dynamic user.
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could you elaborate as to what the difference is between your overriding goal and your next step goal?
My recently achieved overriding goal took 32 years to accomplish! i worked on it as a side project all that time and it took me places i never expected. Very happy. I recommend being less ambitious! Or be smarter than me! Now my major goal is to complete the first tools in that area. it’s still challenging but I think the first version will have only taken 12 months. There is just a lot of newly settled stuff that I…
Can you please write more about it? What was the goal? Also I love the Angela Merkel method - thinking what you can do in a day or a week is fruitless as the productivity might vary. Thinking in years is too long. Think about what you can achieve in 100 days.
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#89Incredibly naive take
Because you’re so busy and what you’re doing is soooo complicated?
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could you elaborate as to what the difference is between your overriding goal and your next step goal?
My recently achieved overriding goal took 32 years to accomplish! i worked on it as a side project all that time and it took me places i never expected. Very happy. I recommend being less ambitious! Or be smarter than me! Now my major goal is to complete the first tools in that area. it’s still challenging but I think the first version will have only taken 12 months. There is just a lot of newly settled stuff that I…
Does that mean you sat down every work day for 32 years and wrote the same thing on the top of your notepad? I appreciate the consistency but it looks like you could've gotten it inscribed on a plaque at that point :)