Comments on: The Circle – a simple ToDo System to Get more Things Done http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/ Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: productiveentrepreneur http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/comment-page-1/#comment-299 productiveentrepreneur Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:44:31 +0000 http://font.is/?p=790#comment-299 This is great! I guess we really have our own way of doing/organizing things.. I really like how you came up with the circle and the way you can see that half done or completed. Let me give this a try. Thanks for sharing your ideas! This is great!

I guess we really have our own way of doing/organizing things.. I really like how you came up with the circle and the way you can see that half done or completed. Let me give this a try. Thanks for sharing your ideas!

]]> By: Hrund – Í fréttum er þetta helst » Blog Archive » Gleðilegt árið og allt það. http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Hrund – Í fréttum er þetta helst » Blog Archive » Gleðilegt árið og allt það. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:02:43 +0000 http://font.is/?p=790#comment-298 [...] [...] […] […]

]]> By: Christian http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Christian Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:34:59 +0000 http://font.is/?p=790#comment-297 An update on my previous comment: this system really works! I've used the Circle for a few months now on daily basis and it really helps me planning my day and finishing tasks. An update on my previous comment: this system really works! I’ve used the Circle for a few months now on daily basis and it really helps me planning my day and finishing tasks.

]]> By: Best of 2009: Resource Articles for Freelance Graphic Designers | LV Graphics Studio | Creative Design Solutions for Print & Web http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Best of 2009: Resource Articles for Freelance Graphic Designers | LV Graphics Studio | Creative Design Solutions for Print & Web Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://font.is/?p=790#comment-296 [...] The Circle – a simple ToDo System to Get more Things Done [...] […] The Circle – a simple ToDo System to Get more Things Done […]

]]> By: cynicdesign http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/comment-page-1/#comment-295 cynicdesign Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:08:42 +0000 http://font.is/?p=790#comment-295 Ha! I use a similar system that I developed independently. Mine's a little simpler but I think I'll try out your progress notations. Sure wish someone had shown me a simple system like these when I was younger. Well done. Ha! I use a similar system that I developed independently. Mine’s a little simpler but I think I’ll try out your progress notations. Sure wish someone had shown me a simple system like these when I was younger.

Well done.

]]> By: Moleskine GTD « Mr. Sir’s Blog http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Moleskine GTD « Mr. Sir’s Blog Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:38:22 +0000 http://font.is/?p=790#comment-294 [...] [...] […] […]

]]> By: Sigurdur Armannsson http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Sigurdur Armannsson Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:33:53 +0000 http://font.is/?p=790#comment-293 Eric. Feel free to use this idea for your application. I am not working on anything iPhone related yet and would love to see something done with it there. I would appreciate if you would gave me credit somewhere. Just make sure to spell my name right :D Hope you sell a bunch of your software. Permission granted Eric.

Feel free to use this idea for your application. I am not working on anything iPhone related yet and would love to see something done with it there.

I would appreciate if you would gave me credit somewhere. Just make sure to spell my name right :D

Hope you sell a bunch of your software.

Permission granted

]]> By: Eric http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Eric Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:42:31 +0000 http://font.is/?p=790#comment-292 Hello Singudur, I was actually just hunting around your site to find your email address to ask if it would be ok with you if I were to implement this system as the core of a Task Management/ToDo app for the iPhone i'm developing now. I already have it sketched out and about to start writing it. You would be given credit of course, but I wanted to make sure I have permission from the one who came up with the idea! Email me please! Eric C Hello Singudur,

I was actually just hunting around your site to find your email address to ask if it would be ok with you if I were to implement this system as the core of a Task Management/ToDo app for the iPhone i’m developing now. I already have it sketched out and about to start writing it. You would be given credit of course, but I wanted to make sure I have permission from the one who came up with the idea!

Email me please!

Eric C

]]> By: The Circle – een systeem voor GTD op papier » Lifehacking http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/comment-page-1/#comment-291 The Circle – een systeem voor GTD op papier » Lifehacking Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:10 +0000 http://font.is/?p=790#comment-291 [...] Armannsson heeft een eigen systeem op papier bedacht om zijn actielijsten in toom te houden: The Circle. “It’s simple and it does not cost you anything and you don’t need to read a book about [...] […] Armannsson heeft een eigen systeem op papier bedacht om zijn actielijsten in toom te houden: The Circle. “It’s simple and it does not cost you anything and you don’t need to read a book about […]

]]> By: Sigurdur Armannsson http://font.is/2009/02/the-circle-a-simple-todo-system-to-get-more-things-done/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Sigurdur Armannsson Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:49:47 +0000 http://font.is/?p=790#comment-290 I myself tend to be completely taken by some subjects, over focusing if you like. It's not a bad thing in my opinion, not in the way I know it. I think I know my boundaries but for some other my boundaries are a way off. To explain further, take the last articles I wrote there on this blog about Grid systems. For weeks I read a lot and investigated and finally I wrote these articles, each one taking about 15 hours to make in all. For some this would be over focusing but for me it is not. In the meantime there were tons of other things I had to do and I did everything I really had to do. Because I needed more time I delayed everything I could. In such cases it is most important if somebody else is involved, to make it clear when you are going to execute the action. Nothing is worse than broken promises. For me at least when I fall into this kind of over focusing I feel that I have not split the project into enough many smaller actions and I feel lost in one big action which of course is not true. I try to break away for a moment and analyze the project and it into smaller actions which then can more easily be blended with other action. I fill the current circle + arrow, so I can see that the job has been moved somewhere. Then rewrite the project up on my current page. Take care to add all the indented circles for the actions and sub, sub actions if you will. Now, try to blend together what you really want to do and what you have to do. The bottom line is of course a little discipline but having smaller actions it should be to manage things. Remember that it's easier to eat bread by slices than in one piece. I myself tend to be completely taken by some subjects, over focusing if you like. It’s not a bad thing in my opinion, not in the way I know it. I think I know my boundaries but for some other my boundaries are a way off.

To explain further, take the last articles I wrote there on this blog about Grid systems. For weeks I read a lot and investigated and finally I wrote these articles, each one taking about 15 hours to make in all. For some this would be over focusing but for me it is not.

In the meantime there were tons of other things I had to do and I did everything I really had to do. Because I needed more time I delayed everything I could.

In such cases it is most important if somebody else is involved, to make it clear when you are going to execute the action. Nothing is worse than broken promises.

For me at least when I fall into this kind of over focusing I feel that I have not split the project into enough many smaller actions and I feel lost in one big action which of course is not true.

I try to break away for a moment and analyze the project and it into smaller actions which then can more easily be blended with other action. I fill the current circle + arrow, so I can see that the job has been moved somewhere. Then rewrite the project up on my current page. Take care to add all the indented circles for the actions and sub, sub actions if you will. Now, try to blend together what you really want to do and what you have to do.

The bottom line is of course a little discipline but having smaller actions it should be to manage things. Remember that it’s easier to eat bread by slices than in one piece.

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