MorningDove
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I would it appreciate it if any of you can direct me to specific threads or whatever which would be most helpful for my situation. I'm new to the Forums. As homemaker/wife I am in charge of absolutely everything, e.g. investments & some other unusual financial affairs, housework, errands, projects, you-name-it, I either have to do it or delegate it. No children. Husband is retired but his medical condition impairs his abilities; he helps with moderately simple tasks if I delegate skillfully to him. I'm trying to manage hundreds of things, e.g. repetitive tasks such as cleaning out the eaves troughs, cleaning the coffeemaker w vinegar, projects such as decorating the house, investments, errands. Am an avid gardener and natch that also has its own huge set of big projects as well as countless little repetitve tasks. Furthermore, we would kinda like to build a new house, have found a nice site, but I don't dare to embark on that unless I can get organized and stay organized, get caught up and stay caught up.
Bought the GTD book within a week of its pub date, read it right away. I'll be browzing the forums and re-reading the book. I had a massive to-do list in WordPerfect which I kept in a zipper binder several yrs ago. It was approx 175 pages, sorted by category. Then I decided to go paperless. Problem is, if it's only on the computer, I tend not to review or even use it. What I do use faithfully is a spiral notebook (Quad Notebook, Office Max, 5 squares per inch, paper size 10.5 x 8) which I call my "Daily Agenda". Each day I set up a new page, date in upper right corner, left column is to do in 4 categories: Desk, House, Yard, Errands. Right column is what I got done, how I spent my time. One advantage of it is that the footprint it uses on the desk is only 10.5 x 8. But the day-to-day carry-forwards of undone tasks are impossible to keep up if it's used for daily repetitve and projects. I think I need to revive my big 3-ring notebook. Am well familiar with index card system developed by Side-Tracked Sisters, and yesterday's Wall Street Journal tipped me off to the GTD adaptation of it; perhaps I should use a combination of card file for hubby's housework task plus my notebook for everything else? Alternatively, I am a huge fan of checklists and pro-forma lists made using WordPerfect tables.
Anyway -- I'm going to spend some time reviewing the DavidCo Forums, and if anyone can direct me to specific threads or web pages or whatever which would be especially useful for the overloaded "housewife" or "household manager", I'd be grateful.
Thanks.
Bought the GTD book within a week of its pub date, read it right away. I'll be browzing the forums and re-reading the book. I had a massive to-do list in WordPerfect which I kept in a zipper binder several yrs ago. It was approx 175 pages, sorted by category. Then I decided to go paperless. Problem is, if it's only on the computer, I tend not to review or even use it. What I do use faithfully is a spiral notebook (Quad Notebook, Office Max, 5 squares per inch, paper size 10.5 x 8) which I call my "Daily Agenda". Each day I set up a new page, date in upper right corner, left column is to do in 4 categories: Desk, House, Yard, Errands. Right column is what I got done, how I spent my time. One advantage of it is that the footprint it uses on the desk is only 10.5 x 8. But the day-to-day carry-forwards of undone tasks are impossible to keep up if it's used for daily repetitve and projects. I think I need to revive my big 3-ring notebook. Am well familiar with index card system developed by Side-Tracked Sisters, and yesterday's Wall Street Journal tipped me off to the GTD adaptation of it; perhaps I should use a combination of card file for hubby's housework task plus my notebook for everything else? Alternatively, I am a huge fan of checklists and pro-forma lists made using WordPerfect tables.
Anyway -- I'm going to spend some time reviewing the DavidCo Forums, and if anyone can direct me to specific threads or web pages or whatever which would be especially useful for the overloaded "housewife" or "household manager", I'd be grateful.
Thanks.