Comments on: My planning process (or the list of lists) https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/ Writer, Author, Speaker Wed, 07 Feb 2024 10:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Staying on track during the semester - jobs.ac.uk https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/#comment-494244 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 10:55:17 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6334#comment-494244 […] on my semester priorities, I will then make a list of tasks to complete in the upcoming month. I use the categories work, personal, and relationships. In the category of work, I use the following subcategories: writing, research, teaching, service, […]

]]> By: ekaterina rotman https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/#comment-33321 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:37:16 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6334#comment-33321 In reply to lauravanderkam.

That answer left me pretty curious as to which notebooks do you prefer 🙂 And which pens, too 🙂

]]> By: Maureen https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/#comment-33320 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 06:51:05 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6334#comment-33320 I have a main list (ToodleDo) that I look at. Items with no due date are the “someday.” Everything else has a due date. I go over it weekly to plan and then update daily — I never seem to get everything done. The items are categorized by subject/goals, and recently I’ve made an effort to start looking at them by their contribution areas. I can get a lot done, but it’s not necessarily the things that make true contributions to my life-long goals. I’ve removed some goals (taking away their due dates) to help focus, but I find myself still struggling with my personal scrapbook project. The larger review I usually do in January and again at the start of the school year (when schedules change).

For school vacations/holiday seasons I make list of things we want to do as a family.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/#comment-33319 Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:09:17 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6334#comment-33319 In reply to Amy.

@Amy- I love crossing things off my lists. Possibly too much! Sooo satisfying.

]]> By: Amy https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/#comment-33318 Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:10:06 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6334#comment-33318 Catching up on this post late as had a very busy couple of weeks. Inspired by your blog, I bought a paper diary (!) and have been setting various bucket lists – a summer wish list, a 2016 list that was quite aspirational and do more regular short lists. The aspirational goals of 2016 were achieved, somehow flipping open my diary and seeing that list (“buy new house”) was a silent push. I also find that having the list of short term, often dull, goals, that gets ticked off makes me satisfied and content. I suspect I always got around to doing this admin – forgotten stuff that is important – but I now get to pat myself on the back about getting it done!

]]> By: Lindsay https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/#comment-33317 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 00:07:55 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6334#comment-33317 In reply to lauravanderkam.

You know, I just moved one of the “big rocks” in my Sunday schedule recently, which leaves me with open time that I’ve never had before. I’ve been struggling with how to use it efficiently, and project pondering time might be just the right rock to put there. Thank you for the suggestion!

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/#comment-33316 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 13:13:05 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6334#comment-33316 In reply to Lindsay.

@Lindsay – good question. I think one approach would be to break projects on the someday/maybe list down into doable steps, and then schedule each of those steps. Or if it’s unclear what the next step is going to be, at least designate a time when you ponder it and see if now is a good time to make progress or not.

]]> By: Lindsay https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/#comment-33315 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 04:29:35 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6334#comment-33315 I have bounced in and out of the concept of pulling projects off my Someday/Maybe list and scheduling them. Some have worked really well, like clearing out my RSS feed reader once per week (to zero) and reading some things I’ve put in Pocket (usually from the feed reader) on a different day each week. When I didn’t schedule those, they piled up! Other things, like making regular progress on project with a definite end: those seem to get pushed aside. Do you have any specific suggestions for how to schedule those type of “take the next step on this project” tasks?

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/#comment-33314 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:02:56 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6334#comment-33314 In reply to Marie.

@Marie- thank you – and you reminded me that I should make that holiday list now if I want to go to the Nutcracker…

]]> By: Marie https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/11/my-planning-process-or-the-list-of-lists/#comment-33313 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:26:29 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6334#comment-33313 You inspired me to do seasonal lists after I missed the ticket deadline for the Nutcracker one year. I do one for literally each season now. My non-winter holiday list exists *because* I don’t like that time of year, so I put in a few things like museum trips and “take kids sledding at least once” so that I have things to look forward to and do not just have to endure those months. Thanks much for the idea.

I keep my lists in my Google Drive so I have access to them all the time and can add or cross off on a whim.

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