Re: FN-FORUM: Time Management

date posted 14th January 2005 23:51

At 23:26 on Friday, 14 Jan 2005, hugh wrote:

>
> I know this topic has come up before, I've personally asked things
> related to it.
> But I have 4,000 (or more!) items of work/personal commitments I need to
> organise/prioritise over next few months, currently residing in 5 word
> Docs
> which are many pages long.
>
> Any fab suggestions for SIMPLE software/ spreadsheets to HELP get
> these in priority order!!


no software is going to sort that out.

have a read here: http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/getting_started.html

I'd get a white board and start making a mind map...

4,000? seriously? documented?

you're mad....

;o)

at an hour each that's nearly two years.

start by throwing out all the things that wouldn't need doing if you only
had a year to live.

then decide which of what's left might make a difference to how long you
have left to live.

do you want the funnel theory of time management or the pine tree theory?

how long have you got?

I bet most of your four thousand things are just sand....

read this:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pickle/

good luck...

when you have about 40 things, I've some suggestions for software.

;o)