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Getting Things Done

2006-03-21T19:05:58Z

While wallowing in the troughs of my self-pitty this morning, I came across an interesting blog titled 43 Folders. Specifically, an article about getting things done. Wooed by phrases like "stress-free productivity", I quickly bought the book titled Getting Things Done.

I am suddenly reminded of my previous attempts at analytically improving my productivity. Hopefully this time it will be more...productive.

A new direction

2005-05-22T19:38:39Z

I have recently determined that it is unrealistic to for me to continue working on developing Synfig alone out of my apartment. Not only is the work simply not getting done, I am also enduring a large amount of emotional and mental stress in the process. My quality of life has plummeted over the past few months. Life is just too short to waste on such things---so I'm moving on.

There are a handful of questions that I imagine everyone reading has. What am I going to do for a living? What is going to happen to Synfig? Will I ever start an animation studio again? Most importantly, what went wrong?

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Birthday

2005-05-19T21:20:21Z

Today I am 24. Why are birthdays so depressing?

Engineering Productivity (Part 2)

2005-05-05T22:51:55Z

In my last post, I went into detailed observation of my tendencies, habits, and other things relevant to my productivity. In this post, I hope to refine all of this down into something actionable.

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Engineering Productivity (Part 1)

2005-05-04T17:34:08Z

I've been giving a lot of thought over the past few days about how to improve my abysmal productivity. It is clear that what I am currently doing is not working. No matter how much I berate and attack myself for being unproductive no difference is made. Then, a thought occurred to me. Perhaps it's not so much of a problem with discipline or drive as it is an engineering problem.

"Working harder" does not appear to be the solution. "Working smarter" does. I need to make observations on what conditions allow me to work best, and what conditions keep me from getting work done. Trying to force myself to work under circumstances which I do not work well under is counterproductive. What are my strengths? What are my weaknesses? How can I minimize how those weaknesses dilute my strengths? That is the task at hand.

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Plan of Action

2005-04-25T05:03:30Z

I believe I read somewhere that one of the best things you can do to ensure that you carry through with your plans is to write them down. The past four months of my life have been rather unproductive. I want to change this... And this is my plan to carry it out.

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