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Several people are using methods of their own invention. This is a good chance to field test a system of your own if you have one.
You may be asking yourself the question “Why sign up now since the beginning of the Challenge is still two and a half weeks away?
You don’t have to sign up until the last minute, but signing up now gives you a chance to iron out the bugs in whatever system you intend to use. And if you find the system unsuitable then you have time to change it for another before the start of the Challenge.
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Reader Comments (20)
If a task cannot be achieved (if it is time- or location-specific, for instance), only then am I allowed to remove the task without completing it, but then the gaps in the Bingo card have to be repopulated (using the same weighted randomiser) and the grid shuffled. It sounds complex, but I have coded the whole thing so all I need do is add the tasks to their appropriate sublists, and early tests have shown that I am more focussed on doing the important things first (although I also have a sort of Auto-Focus built into the digital version of my cards to help with that).
Will you be applying the AF2 dismissal rules?
No, I won't. The AF2 dismissal rules were designed to encourage one to scan back to the beginning of the list. This isn't necessary with AF2 Page Lock as this happens automatically.
Signing up, with a deep practice of "How to make your dreams come true". I'm using this system now, but I decided to take the Lenten Challenge to focus on this incredible book.
At the same time, I think I will use Google Calendar with reminders to track my commitments. But as the focus is Dreams, maybe this can change.
Please sign me up for the Lenten challenge. I will be using Flexible Autofocus.
Rule 1: At any time I may do whatever I choose, but before I do anything non-trivial, it must be on the list. If it isn't there, write it. Then I may do it.
Rule 1 is my only true commitment. Rule 1 is simple enough (see Atomic Habits) that I can hope to stick with it. All the rules below are secondary.
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I believe Rule 1 fits within the framework of the Serial No-List, and adding the four below amounts to the full rules Serial No-List.
Rule 2: If I finish a task, delete it. If I set aside the task unfinished, move it to the end.
Guideline 1: Define tasks such that they can be completed. Avoid "keep house clean" tasks in favor of more narrowly defined chores. Since these will be completed and deleted, the list should keep trim.
Rule 3: Each day enter the date. Write some things I want done today. Additional things (which may or may not be done today) can be entered at any time.
Guideline 2: Don't add things now that I don't intend to do now, if I have no doubt I'll remember later.
Rule 4: Look at today's list for things to do.
Rule 5: If rules 1 and 4 don't inspire action, scan back through older days for things to do.
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Rule A: Sometime in the bookends of the day, follow a routine which includes checking the calendar and logging.
after failing miserably last year with AF1, I will try it again this year (of course!).
Good luck to everybody.
I would love to join in on the Lentern challenge going to simplify things and try simple scanning.
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