(Again, this is apart of a series, so, make sure to see the previous posts. In addition, my goal here is “Progress, Not Perfection.” So, please excuse any type-o’s and grammatical gaffs.)
* Americano
* Set my Twitter status – at the company I work for, we have recently begun using this as our In-Out board. Having one “in-out” board in on location for a company of four geographically diverse locations just really didn’t make sense to me.
* Start processing my Daily Check List…
> Clear Voicemail.
> Clear E-Mail – as I mentioned yesterday, I * really * preach that one not do this and first try to jump into something important first thing. Yet, I’ve been personally torn about this as, in my position with the company I work for, e-mail is the major way I communicate with my clients. So, my alternative is I have two items on my Daily Check List – check email ** once ** in the AM, then once again at the end of the day — leaving the rest of the time to work on projects and not participate in “e-mail conversations.” (See this post and series of posts for more ideas and information).
Yes; every day, I do get my inbox to zero.
And, I’m glad I did as a client needs me to call them….
> Check our enterprise management software for internal messages.
> Glance at my calendar and see what’s coming up over the next three days – making sure I’m ready for any commitments I made. Generally, if I see something coming up (i.e., a meeting), I’ll divert at this point and work on any projects related to that, before I get to my project list.
> I do have “Catch Up on Blogs” on my DCL. I’m torn on this one. I * so * want to keep up with things. But, there is so much out there. I have iGoogle tied to Google Reader, limiting what I see to only a couple of blogs. I’ve been 50 / 50 on the “success” or value add of following blogs. For instance, I love Seth, and this made me chuckle (http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/08/weirdest-billboard-ever-or-brilliant-targeting.html) but probably wasn’t worth the time.
This one was good and made me stop and think: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/08/who-spreads-your-word.html
* Done with the daily check list. Like I said yesterday, I’m hoping to do some fine tuning on myself with this series. In this case, it sure feels like this took a lot of time out of the day already. As Peter Drucker said, “No Thy Time!” I started at 7:15, and it’s now 9:00am. I’ve touched back with clients via email, I’ve talked with someone on the phone that needed to talk to me, and my decks are COMPLETELY CLEAR to focus on my projects. So, even with reading the blogs (and, I forgot – doing some spiritual reading, which I’m also trying to get more in the habit on), and writing this post, I think I’m doing ok.
* On to projects. Which, because of doing my Weekly Review yesterday and having my Project Widget all ready displaying my Next Actions, I’m ready to go – no “guessing” at “what’s important or next.”
So, off to work…… More later.
Side Notes:
>> Missing from my day:
* Exercise / Workout – I used to run, however fell out of the habit a couple of years ago after accomplishing my goal of a 5K. This is something I’ve got to get my way back to. I have a plan; the subject of a great post I want to get to.
Tags: GTD, Relaxed Productivity
