Comments on: Why things crawl back into your mind

By: Felicia

Felicia — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:12 +0000

I got so much from the guided mindsweep. And your finetuning tips are priceless.

By: Peter Jaros

Peter Jaros — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:44:59 +0000

I find there’s another reason things appear in my inbox again: when they’re ready to come off my Someday/Maybe list.

Sometimes something on my Someday/Maybe lists grabs my attention as I’m going about my day. When that happens, I capture it just like anything else, and when I process it I take it as a clue that I might want to start taking action on that project.

Ideally that would all come up in a review, but sometimes you’re not in the right mindset when you’re reviewing to notice how important a potential project is. If I start seeing it come up over and over, I know something’s telling me to pay attention.

By: Powwownowbizfsh

Powwownowbizfsh — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:34:36 +0000

Very true Kelly. I just wandered onto this site, inspired into a Google search on “getting things done” having read and blogged about “Eat That Frog” by Brian Tracy. So I’m new to all this, but delighted to see so much good productivity advice on this site. Will come back. RSS. Click. Done!

By: Abhay Parvate

Abhay Parvate — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:06:53 +0000

Surely this happens to me! I thought I was alone writing things down even if they are on my lists, because they are still on my mind. And usually during processing the things on my lists change because there was this item captured.

Initially I thought the system still needs tweaking if I need to capture things that are already on the lists. Over time, I accepted that my system is bound to fall behind me. Such thoughts which need to be captured are then just extra opportunities to get current, apart from the weekly (ahem…) review.

Thanks for reassuring that writing down stuff that is on our mind is a good idea, even if it is on our lists.