“Productivity” is not getting “lots of stuff” done. It’s getting IMPORTANT work done.
And YOU get to define what’s important!
@RoamResearch has helped me double my productivity by providing a “spine” for my work.
Let me explain what I mean… 1/
And YOU get to define what’s important!
@RoamResearch has helped me double my productivity by providing a “spine” for my work.
Let me explain what I mean… 1/
https://twitter.com/rjnestor/status/1440685933959925762
When people struggle with #GTD, it’s usually because they can get their LISTS made—Projects, Next Actions, etc.—but tasks pile up faster than they can work.
That means longer lists, and more “next actions” than could possibly be done “next.”
It’s demoralizing!
2/
That means longer lists, and more “next actions” than could possibly be done “next.”
It’s demoralizing!
2/
Working in @RoamResearch changed that for me.
I now have only two main parts to my Daily Notes pages:
[[Agenda]]
- where I filter my GTD lists into a plan for the day
and
[[Log]]
- where I track the work I do
3/
I now have only two main parts to my Daily Notes pages:
[[Agenda]]
- where I filter my GTD lists into a plan for the day
and
[[Log]]
- where I track the work I do
3/
By simplifying, I work quickly and easily. I’m just answering “What do I want to do?” and “What am I doing?”
I keep links to all relevant materials with the tasks they support—which is SO easy in Roam!—so that when I get to an agenda item, everything I need is ready to go.
4/
I keep links to all relevant materials with the tasks they support—which is SO easy in Roam!—so that when I get to an agenda item, everything I need is ready to go.
4/
Working from the [[Agenda]] and into the [[Log]] is the antidote to task pile-up.
I’m no longer looking at all the supposedly “next” actions I need to do and freezing. I’m simply choosing from the pre-planned agenda, logging it, and I start working!
5/
I’m no longer looking at all the supposedly “next” actions I need to do and freezing. I’m simply choosing from the pre-planned agenda, logging it, and I start working!
5/
Which brings me back to the word “spine.”
That [[Log]] becomes the Spine for all my work.
Some of the work is directly in the log. I write and plan there.
Some of the work is in other apps, but I can still link to it from the Log in Roam.
6/
That [[Log]] becomes the Spine for all my work.
Some of the work is directly in the log. I write and plan there.
Some of the work is in other apps, but I can still link to it from the Log in Roam.
6/
By committing to each [[Agenda]] item as I begin it—by entering it in the [[Log]]—I make it much more likely I can focus on it.
And if something else interrupts, no problem. It’s logged (and I log the interruption, too!) so it’s easy to return to and pick up.
7/
And if something else interrupts, no problem. It’s logged (and I log the interruption, too!) so it’s easy to return to and pick up.
7/
If I ever get disoriented—and it does happen sometimes—I have the spine of my work, that [[Log]], to return to and reorient myself.
The Log/Spine has changed the way I work for the way, WAY better.
8/
The Log/Spine has changed the way I work for the way, WAY better.
8/
The [[Agenda]] and [[Log]] are two of the components of my “Daily Cycle”:
1. Choose your work
2. Track your work as you do it
(the other two are Capture and Connect, and @RoamResearch is killer for those, too!)
9/
1. Choose your work
2. Track your work as you do it
(the other two are Capture and Connect, and @RoamResearch is killer for those, too!)
9/
If you’re convinced @RoamResearch is where you want to be productive but you haven’t figured out how to make that work yet, check out my live cohort course AP Productivity.
I’ll help you build your Roam system to get important work done.
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I’ll help you build your Roam system to get important work done.
rjn.st/ap-productivit…
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