The system is resilient – if I get overwhelmed one week or neglect maintaining the system for a while, it needs to still be workable.Blocked and “someday” stuff is out of mind – not distracting me from the “now” stuff.Time and attention is going to what’s important – I’m not only working on urgent things.In rough priority order, I want to see that: When doing that work, there are 4 principles I’m looking for. Tuning it, so I can effectively navigate this new environment.
So as is the way, I started trying iterations and variations on my workflow to handle this. Which is cool! But there now are way more things coming to my attention than I can actually do, or that we can even do as a company. Together, these changes have meant I’ve been flooded with things worth doing. I run strategy meetings now? I basically have an entirely different job than I did two years ago.ĭuring this transition, we also got thrown into unexpectedly working from home, and my family welcomed our second child. I’m now presented with 10x more interesting ideas and opportunities than I was previously. Now I manage managers, and we’re hiring and building like never before. For a decade I’d managed our development team directly. We decided to leave a safe, calm territory we’d occupied for years – a 10 person studio with no real structure or management layer – and start growing. My need for iteration became even clearer in 2019, when we made a big decision at Steamclock. The system now grows along with me, so it can help keep me focused on what’s important. To stay effective and calm, I now expect to keep tweaking my workflows over the months and years to come. As life and work are always changing, and so are our habits, and priorities, and weaknesses, the ideal system for a given person is always changing. Still gonna be a no from me on the filing cabinets though.Īnyhow, after many attempts at devising the One True System that will bring me ultimate productivity and focus, I’ve come to terms with the fact such a system can not exist. I also should say that, recently having re-read Getting Things Done, that there are a ton of useful ideas and tips in there! Is the revised version better? Or did I just grow up? Either way, a really useful book. I’ve learned a lot about what my personal weaknesses are, and what kind of setups are the most effective for me. In the years since, I’ve wound my way through many different setups and workflows. Things is a great starting point, but switching to OmniFocus gave me the power I needed to start really getting in there, patching and refining my workflow to keep me focused and effective.
When you’re running the team, nobody is reminding you to do things. When I got into the “real world”, especially once I started a business, the seat of my pants stopped being a viable method of flight. I did okay in school, but it was certainly more stressful than it needed to be. Or only realize that today is midterm exam day because the test papers are being handed out this very moment. Or feel discouraged by the sheer number of half-completed projects I had laying about. At times, I would end up needing to pull an all-nighter to finish something. And sometimes that served me well!Īnd other times it didn’t. I would make the occasional list, but for the most part I was a “we’ll do it live” sort of person. In school, I didn’t keep a todo list, or even a calendar.
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