Get Everything Done

Over the past few weeks I've been experimenting with a modification of the Authorized Projects List that seems to be working really well for me.

Specifically, instead of just having a list of Authorized Projects / Commitments, I explicitly articulate what the "definition of done for now" for each is. I've found this works the best of any commitment management system I've used so far.

A few times I had to switch from RZ to FVP due to urgency at work, and it seems to work well with both.

Some Examples:
- Church work: Service leaflet and bulletin complete. DIT style task list completed.
- Work: Instant messaging cleared from yesterday, email inbox cleared from yesterday, at least 100 minutes spent working on code.
- Paper: I use a two-phase DIT style "yesterbox". This is complete when everything is filed or actioned to completion.

Various other projects are managed by a what's better list, daily journal, or Goal/Status/Next Action descriptions as appropriate.

I'm still a bit overwhelmed and really should pause about half of them until I get the current ones under control, but I still have a problem with project gluttony. *grin*.

Both FVP and RZ handle the occasional non-listed item alright, but I have to be careful not to write down *anything* I might want to do, otherwise it's too much for me to handle.

Thanks for these ideas. My projects seem to go on and on. I like your paper Yesterbox.