The only thing that stuck for me from getting-things-done was the 2 minute rule. Or the 'its quicker to do the thing than to manage the task via a complicated process' rule. Even then there every time I do a cleanout in Pocket there is stuff I dont even want to waste the 2 minutes on. Then there is the stuff older than say 2/3 months - I am probably not going to go back to either, but nice to have it in the search index all the same.
And that is how I am lazy, bookmark stuff and then never read it afterwards.
Thanks for your kind words. It took me years to find the almost perfect workflow - at least for me (I still have some ideas how to automate several things even more).
I'm a heavy Emacs user but I thought sharing some diagrams might visualize more the described process. Also for non-techies.
1. Assign yourself a reading task on a whim.
2. Call yourself a “lazy piece of shit” for not doing those carelessly-assigned tasks.
3. Avoid your reading list because opening it brings up emotions of shame.
I don’t even think that reading articles on the web is a particularly good use of time (yes, even when they’re informative!), and this person managed to turn it into a job with business logic and network diagrams and everything.
As long as you keep moving in the long-term, it's OK, just remember to make time for yourself. This is where a lot of people focused on productivity inevitably burn out.
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