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R.J. Nestor

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6 Jan

2022 arrived, and—dutifully—you set your #goals for the year.

Today is January 6. How are they going so far?

It's the first week, so you may be in the honeymoon phase yet.

But if you want to make SUBSTANTIAL progress this year—

👉 You need a reliable #productivity workflow

To be clear: "productivity" doesn't mean getting LOTS of stuff done. It doesn't mean being busy all the time. It doesn't mean anxiety or frustration, or being overwhelmed.

⭐ Productivity is getting IMPORTANT work done.

And what's "important"? Well, that's up to YOU...

@gtdguy

So. What's important to ME?

Before I read @gtdguy's "Getting Things Done" in 2014, I was a disorganized mess. I accomplished things, but only with enormous effort.

Now, 8 years into #GTD and 2 years into @RoamResearch, I have a reliable productivity workflow.

And it's AMAZING—

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R.J. Nestor

@rjnestor

5 Jan

@Conaw

Taking a cue from @Conaw and the @RoamResearch team—

and in the giving spirit of fellow Roamans like @beauhaan, @Jeanvaljean689, @tracyplaces, and so many others—

I offer a “pay-what-you-can” scholarship to Roam Scholars for my AP Productivity course.

If you’re a Roam Scholar:

1. Visit rjn.st/ap-productivit… and scroll down to the scholarship section.

2. Follow the link and fill out the Google Form application.

3. I reserve several slots each cohort for Roam Scholars, and I award the scholarships based on those applications.

AP Productivity is my flagship course, and it is worth its $500 price tag—based on testimonials I’ve received, more!

But I also believe its content should not be reserved solely for those that can afford a premium course.

Roam Scholars: if the course can help you, apply!

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R.J. Nestor

@rjnestor

5 Jan

@RoamResearch

I just added 5 new videos to my free @RoamResearch playlist The Roaman Way!

If you’re new to Roam, or if you want to expand or brush up your knowledge of the features, The Roaman Way can help!

You can get the videos two ways:

via the YouTube playlist:

youtube.com/playlist?list=…

via the free course:

rjn.st/the-roaman-way

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R.J. Nestor

@rjnestor

5 Jan

How often do your days go exactly according to plan?

🔥 Every day?
👍 Once a week?
🤞 Once a month?
🚫 …Never?

My answer is close to “Never”—but I still get important work done.

How is that possible?

🩸 An Agenda is not a Blood Oath 🩸

My daily workflow has two parts: Agenda & Log.

Agenda = “What do I want to do?”
Log = “What am I doing?”

Those are two different questions, and it’s perfectly okay if the answers are different, too.

Every day brings interruptions. Every day brings new work you didn’t see coming—and some of it is time-sensitive.

So what if your Agenda doesn’t account for it?

👉 Your Log will!

Why is that helpful?

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R.J. Nestor

@rjnestor

3 Jan

@RoamResearch

If you use @RoamResearch and you would love to manage your tasks and projects there, let me just say:

It is SO worth it. 🔥💖

If the only thing stopping you is not knowing if it would work, or if you’re afraid you would set it up wrong...

Keep reading.

I started using Roam in March of 2020. Within three weeks I was hooked on the notetaking, and I knew I had to get my tasks and projects set up in Roam, too.

I started building my system—using my Todoist flow as a model—and by late April I had a workflow I liked using.

Between then—April 2020—and now (January 2022), I have developed and iterated on my productivity system until it is a finely-oiled machine.

Here's the thing, though: it's MY machine, tailored to the way *I* think and work.

⭐️ You need YOUR machine, and I can help you build it.

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R.J. Nestor

@rjnestor

14 Nov 21

@RoamResearch

If you want to build effective workflows using Tools for Thought (@RoamResearch, @amplenote, @obsdmd, etc.), you have to get comfortable with Systematic Iteration.

“Ah, right, R.J.,” you might say.

…and then add: “But what on earth does THAT mean?”

Iteration is a fundamental meta-process—meaning, it’s a process that underlies other processes.

Life itself relies on iteration, copying and changing our DNA to create the next generation.

Reliable workflows do the same: they revisit and refine material.

Examples:

#Zettelkasten

Pass 1: Copy what you read, along with its metadata
P2: Re-word what you copied
P3: Connect what you re-worded to other knowledge
P4+: “Converse” with your knowledge to develop further knowledge

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