Discussion Forum > DWM - D - M = W
That is just like 1-to-7 but with one entry point for all tasks. I've thought about trying it, or even a shorter, 4-day method, but I never actually implemented it. I am, however, using DIT, which is similar in that if I fall behind for 4 days I have to declare a backlog.
April 10, 2014 at 22:55 |
Austin
Austin
7 days... a full week... and retains a bit of the spirit of the original DWM rules. Other than that, I can't see any problem using less, or more than, 7. The key point is enough days to ponder what is on your plate, what needs to be dismissed, and what needs to be put on the back burner.
Whatever one chooses, the assembly line effect is retained. And I think this is what is missing in almost every other productivity system I've come across.
Whatever one chooses, the assembly line effect is retained. And I think this is what is missing in almost every other productivity system I've come across.
April 10, 2014 at 23:06 |
avrum
avrum
Avrum, have you read the 1-to-7 thread in the FV forum? If not, you really ought to check it out. There Mark describes a system almost identical to the one you're proposing - a seven day conveyor belt with waterfall. The difference is that in 1-to-7, each day corresponds to a type of task that is entered or re-entered on that day.
April 11, 2014 at 13:27 |
Austin
Austin
I like this, but with 8 days, because what if next week I'm busy on the day.
April 11, 2014 at 15:56 |
Alan Baljeu
Alan Baljeu
Alan:
The "due date" isn't the actual date the task needs to be done by. I like to think of DWM - the original rules - as the expiry date on my milk. I can drink the milk anytime I want. But no matter what I do with it, I'm not drinking that sucker past it's due date. It's old, done, finished, kaput.
The "due date" isn't the actual date the task needs to be done by. I like to think of DWM - the original rules - as the expiry date on my milk. I can drink the milk anytime I want. But no matter what I do with it, I'm not drinking that sucker past it's due date. It's old, done, finished, kaput.
April 11, 2014 at 16:54 |
avrum
avrum
Yes, but there are things I want to do once a week, not usually sooner.
April 12, 2014 at 2:41 |
Alan Baljeu
Alan Baljeu
That is one of the benefits of being a Reformed Christian, Alan -- I vaguely recall you mentioning you are, but please correct me if I am remembering incorrectly. I exclude Sunday from whatever system I am using (i.e., I'm using DIT and today is Saturday, so in my system right now "tomorrow" means Monday). This means that if I were using a seven-day system as avrum suggests, by excluding Sunday I would automatically have a built-in eighth day for once-a-week tasks.
April 12, 2014 at 19:26 |
Austin
Austin
Again, DWM was the only rule/system that:
a. provided a virtual in-basket for all of my tasks, ideas, projects and goals
b. nudged everything along, regardless if I did any work or not
To my mind, the assembly line effect is most important. Everything else can be handled by a well worn productivity hack or rule. With respect to hard dates i.e. I need to do this task by this date, or I need to do this thing every 2nd Monday at 4. These things are best handled by a calendar.
a. provided a virtual in-basket for all of my tasks, ideas, projects and goals
b. nudged everything along, regardless if I did any work or not
To my mind, the assembly line effect is most important. Everything else can be handled by a well worn productivity hack or rule. With respect to hard dates i.e. I need to do this task by this date, or I need to do this thing every 2nd Monday at 4. These things are best handled by a calendar.
April 13, 2014 at 23:29 |
avrum
avrum
All the other Forster goodness stands i.e. Little and Often, Dismissal, Standing out, etc.
Curious to hear if anyone else uses self-imposed deadlines a la DWM.