This post assumes you are on a Mac. Otherwise you may be wondering what the hell I mean when I talk about “the Dock” because I’m not talking about where my cousin parks his Mumba.
Purpose of post:
Get the most out of your Macintosh by eliminating distractions.
Assumptions (and yes, Frau Berg told me already: ASS-U-ME aka assumptions make an ass out of u and me):
You have too much crap in your doc. It shines and wiggles and you’ve never made a conscious choice about what is there. If this is not you, read no further.
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Great little post over at 37Signals about why long-term planning probably doesn’t matter much. Fits in with the GTD mindset in it’s focus on the now as being most important. While I do think it’s important to look ahead to help get a sense of where a person/company wants to go, I know from personal experience that it rarely gets done. Maybe the time would be better spent thinking about be-here-now.
Read the post and comment.
Read a good post over at Lifehacker today on how Seinfeld stays motivated to keep writing jokes. Some things in life get better with daily attention, anything which is normally called a “skill.” A lot of bullshit out there attempts to convince you that you need “talent” when often “practice” will yield the same or equivalent results. Try some daily practice instead. Jerry has a trick for you to stay motivated.
The short-form: Have a calendar with a wide enough view (like a year) and check off days that you complete a task that requires daily practice (like any skill: mathematics, music, coding, whatever). Your brain will like seeing that long chain of “I did that” marks on your calendar which will help keep you motivated to grow the chain even longer.
Get started right now. Print your calendar today.
In my typically overcomplicated way I’m using one calendar to track: bass practice, learning new skills and working out using a schema of different hash marks on the calendar. Maybe later I’ll post a follow up.
