Yesterday I posted about adding notes, not actions, and not “just working” until you have a clear idea of what it is you are to do.
Assuming it IS clear, though, how do you make sure your day’s tasks get done?
First, remember, “Don’t Do Anything.” Seriously. Before you start working, map out your day. Take 5 minutes, or less. I brain dump these Actions (hit ‘+’ then Action) as quickly as I can, every morning. (Sometimes even the evening before.) Midnight Inbox keeps these all in one place, at the top of my Midnight Inbox lists. They’re Single Actions, and MI keeps them right at the top.
This habit also builds thinking about what I’m going to do into my process. Sometimes they turn out to be Projects, not Actions, and so I make them into Lists as the day goes on.
Got a questions about using Midnight Inbox? Email me at support at midnight beep dot com.
Best,
Mark
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Many years ago I went on Time Manager International courses. Great paper system and still have the leather binders. They divided up from goals to key areas to tasks and activities. They produced a PC application which was ahead of its time (1992) so too much for MS Windows and PC’s then.
INbox comes close but – what about linking contacts? Many tasks involve other people such as calls to make?.
On the right track though.
That’s a reality on the iPad now (in delegation, of course). We’ll definitely be adding greater and greater linking to contexts as we move forward. And on iPhone, calling is obvious.
Hi again Pat–is Time Manager Int’l like Covey? I’ve often thought we could have a Covey-like view in Inbox; not because it’s GTD, but because it’s a useful procedure to go through in a review (the maintenance of those paper binders).