I eventually came up with a series of potential start dates for preparations, usually at least a few weeks or a month beforehand: That way, I could leave them in MindNode as I continued planning and knew what had been transferred.
To indicate that they’d been transferred. When transferring a task, instead of marking the task as completed, I use the strikethrough option (Option-Command-u): That way, I can distinguish between those that are embedded in MindNode and those that I want in OmniFocus. While there is an export option in MindNode to send tasks to OmniFocus, I prefer to make the transfers manually. These tasks that do not refer to planning within MindNode itself are better suited to OmniFocus. These would mainly be about planning, like those listed above. Other tasks, though, would be better suited to my overall system, like communication tasks or really anything that needed to be called out outside of the planning process (examples circled below): I deleted the task when I was done outlining.Īs I continued planning, some tasks would easily be completed and never find their way into OmniFocus. That way, I could spend a session planning, then mark the task complete, and it would show up again the next day. Therefore, as I was in this initial planning phase, I added the task to continue planning in MindNode to OmniFocus, like so: While I was planning, I realized that I wanted to spend several sessions doing so. However, I still use OmniFocus as my central hub of task management. Using MindNode’s task system, as opposed to that in OmniFocus, allowed me to stay within MindNode itself. Later, I added tasks about planning itself to the top to keep them separate from the rest of the tasks: Starting a few months ago, I began a sketch of the talks that were on my mind:Īs I planned, I used MindNode’s ability to create tasks (Shift-Command-t) to list the presentations and some of their dates. Besides, I don’t really want to work on several talks simultaneously, so I can better concentrate on them individually. The 3 Land & Sea projects also need to include work that is not about speaking gigs.
Meanwhile, the odds and ends of other projects find their way into my File & Flow perspective or in Communications (old link, but still relevant). Using the Land & Sea Project I limit myself to doing about 3 projects simultaneously. However, this is not possible for 6-8 projects simultaneously. My general system of work is to start a project early, preferably as soon as its assigned, and then sit with it daily. I also need to practice them in the days leading up to the presentation. And, since they are performances, I can’t just have them ready months in advance. Then I need to practice them, so I can simultaneously stand in front of a bunch of people, say something that is hopefully meaningful to them, and hopefully not fall on my face.
I need to put together a set of ideas, some of which I’ve formed in advance, many of which I haven’t. The presentations themselves are meant to be anywhere from 1-3 hours each. Essentially, each talk is a performance. Recently, I’ve been in the midst of preparing several public talks. I can plan, and I can always change my plans. It is something I decide to take on at the pace I believe would work well for me. When I have that sense of guidance, work is no longer an inevitable chore.
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I never feel overwhelmed because I know how to adjust the throttle and still meet obligations. I maintain focus, clarity, and often calm. The act of choosing which projects to take on and when can itself be creative.Īnd while I do have days of stress, they are not from a sense of inability, so much as they are about my dealing with the arrows reality has decided to sling in my direction. But this approach can instead be paralyzing.Ĭreativity is an act of discovering something as we make it. We think we should know all the steps before doing something. It would be impossible to work from here. And, if I were to have some omnisience of how my work days would turn out, and then and attempt to work from this blueprint, I bet I would fail. Throughout all of these, I’m also seeing my clients, managing their therapy and medications, practicing piano, meeting family obligations, doing the dishes, taking out the garbage, and even reading, helping the kids with their homework, or playing video games in the evenings. The video displays a set of the projects that I have been working on over the past several months or so.
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