- Although I really <3 Julianās ideas around multi-layered calendars, I donāt know that I can completely buy into scheduled tasks. Bradley, August introduced me to the idea of āDo Datesā ā dates on which you plan to complete a task, but not an actual deadline.
- This builds on Allen, David. āGetting Things Doneā, 2001., and the idea that the calendar is only for āmust-doās ā what or where you need to do / be or face negative consequences.
- āDo Datesā gave me the flexibility of scheduling my tasks to better manage my workload without assigning arbitrary deadlines to myself.
- But a layered calendar presents a whole new possibility that doesnāt fit into either ideologyā¦ Julian proposes that tasks should be on your calendar. And it makes sense; tasks do need some kind of constraint. Adding them to a calendar requires you to estimate the amount of time a task will take; it requires you to make time for it; it requires you to play tetris with your time.
- On the one hand, I feel resistant to this kind of scheduling with how many random tasks, etc. pop up throughout the day. On the other hand, it feels exciting. It feels more final. It feels like a real plan instead of a mostly-empty canvas.
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