Discussion Forum > Digging out vs Maintenance
Man of Kent:
Thanks for the interesting insight.
Basically the action required can be summed up in two steps:
1. Sort.
2. Maintain.
To give an example I have recently sorted out my office. The way I've done it is to go through the office literally surface by surface and drawer by drawer. While each surface/drawer is being sorted, I've had a task "Tidy Office" which means that several times a day I restore each surface etc to its sorted state. i don't use "Tidy Office" for tidying the parts which haven't yet been sorted.
Exactly the same procedure can be used for reducing commitments:
1. Weed commitments
2. Restore commitments to weeded state (done daily)
Thanks for the interesting insight.
Basically the action required can be summed up in two steps:
1. Sort.
2. Maintain.
To give an example I have recently sorted out my office. The way I've done it is to go through the office literally surface by surface and drawer by drawer. While each surface/drawer is being sorted, I've had a task "Tidy Office" which means that several times a day I restore each surface etc to its sorted state. i don't use "Tidy Office" for tidying the parts which haven't yet been sorted.
Exactly the same procedure can be used for reducing commitments:
1. Weed commitments
2. Restore commitments to weeded state (done daily)
February 29, 2016 at 9:21 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
When we feel overcommitted, the actions we need to take to get things feeling under control may well be different to the actions under a system to keep things under control. Looking for a system that gets and then keeps things under control, may well damn, excellent systems as "not working". When we have taken the remedial pruning action the system may work fine for keeping things under control.
Sadly I offer no insight as to how to get or stay under control, but I thought this insight was interesting and wanted to share.