Getting Things Done
If you are like me, you probably spend time every so often reassessing the methodologies and tools you use to organize your life or work. I find myself spending large amounts of time trying to streamline processes in an effort to squeeze every bit of productivity out of my day, but I usually find that my efforts make little difference, or I just revert back to old habits.
I've been on a work related productivity kick lately, I found myself spending too much time during my morning routine which eats into my work day. Things like RSS news feeds, facebook updates and email sorting were starting to take WAY more much time than it should. I've wasted hours on stupid facebook games like mob wars, and hours sorting through news feeds I never actually read, and more hours sorting through my email trying to maintain some sort of organization while retaining some resemblance to a task list.
As a telecommuting professional, it is very important to maintain a high level or productivity - maybe more so than a traditional "in office" arrangement. With telecommuting you have a trust relationship with your employer. They trust that are actually working when you say they are, and unless they implement lots of activity monitors, the only way they have to gauge the value of a remote employee is by productivity. If I can increase my personal productivity, I can continue to be of value to my employer.
While I go on this little journey, I'd like to share with you (all 7 of my subscribers) some of the tips and tricks that I learn and put into place. GTD (or getting things done) is by no means my idea - the credit for that goes to David Allen, but I do have my own personal spin on how to accomplish those ideals in my every day work flow.
This will not be rocket science, and I'm sure none of this will be new, but it will be a journey of one man's quest for a productive workday and some high level details of how it was accomplished. I hope you check back for future posts, I have a few things lined up to share.
