January 22nd, 2009
Posted by: Susan
Simple Productivity Blog has an interesting article on a One Box Filing System.
They had this to say about their belief that not everyone can maintain a filing system.
Many people, otherwise competent and some even brilliant, cannot maintain a filing system. It has nothing to do with intelligence or organization or even self-discipline. I’m convinced it’s just the way they are wired.
I found the idea of a one-box, catch-all, dump box interesting, as I have a somewhat similar though slightly more organized approach. I have a simple Jan-Dec accordian folder and I dump all my receipts, paperwork, etc in each month accordingly. At the end of the year I go through the file month by month, file anything that I need to keep permanently, scan as much as possible and keep digital copies, throw away anything I don’t need, and dump the rest back in the folder, place a rubberband around it, label it for the corresonding year and put it away.
Simple, efficient, and super satisfying in that I feel like I am really organized without being locked into some super filing system that I can’t ever seem to remember how it works.
July 8th, 2008
Posted by: Susan
We have already established that I am a Productivity Hobbyist. I love trying new things and I love gadgets that are supposed to make my life easier. Since I work online all day long, email is the thing thaat keeps me the busiest. I have my favorite email apps that keep me Mostly Organized. But, HawkWings just introduced me to another app that I just had to have. FlagIt!
Flagit! is a plug-in that offers Mail.app users customisable flags of as many different colours as you like, as well as question and exclamation marks.
July 8th, 2008
Posted by: Susan
LifeHacker has an interesting article on Productivity Hobbyists. After reading certain statements I have come to my own conclusions about myself.
You’re likely a productivity hobbyist if:
- You frequently do things like re-purpose shoeholders to organize your gadgets.
- You have a t-shirt that says “David Allen has a posse.”
- You modify your GTD system on a weekly basis.
- You’ve ever emptied your geek bag, taken a picture, and then shared the picture with friends.
- You seriously can’t wait for the next release of Remember the Milk or Better Gmail.
- You exchange “Moleskine hacks” with your friends over beer.
- You’ve ever spoken of “date hacks,” “marriage hacks,” “diet hacks,” “child hacks,” “food hacks,” “kitchen hacks,” “parents hacks,” “brain hacks,” or “inspiration hacks.”
- Your refer to David Allen as “The David.”
- You own all of the following: a label maker, digital voice recorder, PDA, hipster PDA, a large supply of binder clips, and an ebook reader (like like Amazon Kindle or the Sony Reader.)
Yep, I am a Productivity Hobbyist, but in reality I am Mostly Organized.
