Okay, it’s January. But it’s now late enough in the month that all those New Year’s resolutions have likely melted away like ephemeral icicles in the Texas sun. Alright, maybe not for you, but definitely for some people. Like me.
In any case, this is my favorite time of the year to make real efforts at change. When all the glow and shine is off and things are starting to get back to normal. In other words, when no one is looking.
This year, as befits someone who works with timesheet software for a living, I’m going to approach my problems with time management. And I’m going to do it with time boxing. I’m not the sort who can dive whole-heartedly into a complete Getting Things Done methodology (I know, I’ve tried) - but time boxing I think I can get into. If nothing else, it will help me address my chronic near-ADD. It’s not really diagnosable ADD, of course, but a propensity for feeling soul-crushing boredom with whatever task I’m actually working on. I know that something more interesting is out there, just waiting for my attention, but normally I’m too bloody-minded to break my work up in the way that time boxing pushes you to.
To help me on my way to a time boxing title, I’m going to be using David Seah’s Emergent Task Planning form, which comes from his excellent Printable CEO Series.
Now if this works, I’ll finally have time (and focus) enough to take up that other pursuit I’ve been meaning to look into… Kickboxing.
-Andrew Trent, Journyx Director of Web Content