GTD for writers
I’ll admit it: everything I do, I do it for my fiction. I honor writing as the art with the biggest powers, when considering its effects, and the degree of intimacy, elevation and sometimes “possession” it grants (writing, in its finest hour, becomes invisible, the words stop being “black boxes” with a meaning inside and become something similar to music). (more…)
How to become optimistic with very little effort
I have a retarded mind: I very often go through the best ideas in books and posts without noticing them right away. They usually become some sort of “seed” in my head and take 3, 4 days to fully grow, without me having the least intention to do anything about them. And then one day, as a flower that opens after a delicate nurture, I say: “wow”, and do something about it.
Writing the successes of the day was one of those great ideas. Simple, non-coded, very little time-consuming, it pays off in a way that is almost scary. (more…)
The magic of journaling
While any moment is good to start, personal journaling has always been a classical example of new year resolution. And a very healthy one: it increases your awareness and allows you to squeeze to the most the juice of every moment. Furthermore: in an age where time plays and fools us so badly, I have come to think that journaling is a must for mental sanity. (more…)
The GTD First Aid Kit (and 4)
…”but I used to have a calendar!”
Don’t worry: you still do. It is just that it is not going to be that populated anymore. Allen’s methodology reduces its using to:
a) events with a fixed date (dentist, birthday, deadline set by somebody else) (more…)
A few low level capture tips (part two)
Abbreviations: a discipline itself
A very common mistake in my note taking was (and still sometimes is) that I unconsciously intended to be “understandable” to others. There always seemed to be a sort of imaginary reader (more…)
A few low level capture tips (part one)
I have always been a natural note taker. Ever since I learned to write, I have been used to carry with me some kind of capture device. Looking back at my (huge) piles of notebooks, I guess I was missing the second half of the process (more…)