Multi-Tasking
is the “In” thing these days irrespective of its effectiveness. Added
to that, we live in an age of Information overload. The combination of
the two pose a great challenge to the human memory (at least for me)
resulting in Ineptitude…which in plain English means “Forgetting “. One
of the solutions proposed by the Productivity Guru David Allen (Getting
Things Done) is to dump your memory on the white sheet.
I
have tested this method “brain dump” and have had a good measure of
success. The only time I found it does not work is when I fail to
review the items on the white sheet. I usually carry a pocket notebook
and pen with me. Whenever I get reminded of a task, I just note the task
in my pocket notebook. By this way, I don’t go into memory recursions
later to remember the task that I wanted to do but forgot the task
itself.
Remember that I am not
talking about doing the task. I am just talking about the collection
process of all the things that you want to do now, later or never at
all. This is the most essential requirement for organizing the way we do
the things.
My usual task-list looks for a day looks like this :
· Record expenses· Physical Exercise
· Eating Salads
· Check Weight
· Plan for the day’s work
· Vehicle fuelling and Air-Check
· Write a blog
So start doing the following simple steps and feel for yourself how things fall in place:
1) Buy a pocket notebook and a pen/pencil
2) Jot down the things that you wanted to do
3) Keep jotting down the things as the day progresses
4) Check your task list at the end of the day.
Just follow the above collection process for a few days and you will go into a self-guided mode of doing them.