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I write individual tasks (or steps of larger tasks) on index cards. When a task is done, I stick the index card on a receipt spike.I limit WIP myself to 3 index cards at a time.

Bad time to be working in the undeliverable mail department if this practice gains traction.

A former boss of mine used to say “coopulate” when they meant “cooperate”.

An org-mode datetree that toggles between chronological and reverse-chronological order.

I worked with someone who dropped out of a physical chemistry graduate program at one of the most prestigious universities in the U.S.. His epiphany: This has nothing to with people. He is now a physician.

I was surprised by the number of science grad students I knew who were into This Old House. The dream of applying your expertise in a short time frame with tangible results.

Mark Twain once said “Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.”

Or have a self-cleaning, self-sanitized shower van with lifts and adaptive equipment make the rounds like an ice-cream truck.

I know someone in South Florida, who, while in a funeral cortege, was directed to go through a photo red light by motorcycle policemen managing traffic. Everybody who went through the red light was issued a ticket. The city learned of the error but instead of rectifying the error at the department, required the mourners to submit forms to have their tickets invalidated.

Especially the tag bundles.

“Are you scooping what I’m pooping?”

Drill sergeant asking recruit if he understands what he has just been told.

This would make an unsettling interview question.

TeuxDeux?

While I was ordering food to go at a rotisserie chicken restaurant, another customer pointed out to me that the window of the rotisserie oven magnifies the size of the chicken.

Not being able to form relationships quickly.

Feeling the need to be entirely self-reliant and not asking for help or admitting difficulty.

Not asserting my preferences, even though I had no problem asserting rights and formal entitlements.

Lacking sexual confidence in high school.

I organize my work tasks and notes in org-mode by Area>Project>Task in a loose GTD system. For personal tasks, I similarly use Things 3 on my iPhone.

I plan each work day on index cards, one task per card. This helps me to limit work in progress so I’m not all over the place. Using index cards, it’s easy to reprioritize tasks, modify processes, and absorb emergent tasks.

Jordan Lamborn recently compiled a guide to to 111 prioritizing schemes. You'll surely find something there of use.

https://productcoalition.com/how-to-prioritize-features-and-...

Paid for and use nearly daily:

ATracker Pro (time-logging)

Paprika 3 (recipe management)

Due (timed reminders)

Just Press Record (voice recorder)

Day One (journal)

Things 3 (task management)

Copied+ (clipboard manager)

CarbonFin Outliner

* A manager discusses an unnamed worker's performance issues in front of the group, rather than confront the individual.

* Expecting strong performers to carry the weak without requiring the latter to step up their game.

* Requiring employee's to collect data (e.g. time-use tracking) that is never reviewed or analyzed.

Master org-mode.

Swimming lessons.

I would like a mobile app that allows me to drag-and-drop a task from my daily todo list onto my daily schedule.

Forgot to add:

- investments

- real estate

This is information you should corral beforehand, based on a list I made of what had to be done after my father died:

POST-MORTEM INFORMATION

bills in your name

charity contributions, automatically withdrawn

friends, employers, and relatives to inform

funeral arrangements

government agencies to inform of death

- county

- DMV

- library

- Medicare

- Social Security

- voter registration board

health care provider list

- physicians

- primary care provider

- specialists

- medical and dental insurance companies

- prescription insurance company

hiding places

internet service provider

legal documents

- will

- living will and advance directives

- power of attorney

- health care power of attorney

life insurance policies

medical bills and health insurance records

memberships to terminate

obituary information

online accounts

- banking

- credit cards

- credit reporting agencies

- data backup

- health care portals

- health insurance

- media storage

- social media

subscriptions

- apps and software

- media, paper and online

- shopping services

organizations and educational institutions to inform

pensions

professional services

- attorney, etc.

survivor and death benefits

- employer

- military

- Social Security

tax exemptions available for survivor

- widow/er tax exemption

tax information, personal

- tax documents and information (current year)

- Federal

- state

- city

- tax preparer/accountant contact information

utilities

- electric

- phone

- fuel

- ISP

valuable possessions and heirlooms

vehicle registration and title

vital records and government ID

- birth certificate

- marriage license

- driver's license or state-issued ID

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