Like most of us here, my life hacks are related to memory, and they generally work - when I remember to use them. Nothing is quite as embarrassing as not showing up for the staff meeting where you're supposed to present because, while you put the meeting in your calendars, it managed to not get into something that had an intrusive reminder. (I was pissed that my brain decided to forget it, despite the fact that I had written it down in several places and had thought about it the night before.)
My memory hack of choice for work (and some recurring home things) is currently Any.Do, which I love because it has a function where it helps me plan out my day. It goes through the day's tasks, and I get to choose when I will take care of them. Having just that little jog, plus the scheduleable reminders, lets me take care of my work in a good order.
Since my brain works differently than Significant Other's, (those of you familiar with data structures: my brain is a queue, zie's is a stack) the Honey Do list gets written down as much as possible. This not only allows me to remember everything that needs to get done, it also allows me to prioritize and plan them so that I can be the most efficient with my time. If zie absolutely needs something done, zie gives it a priority marker. And then, regularly through the day, zie interrupts me with short (and not short) tasks to do. Which would normally make me forget the other things zie wanted, but the written list allows for some amount of continuity. And lessens the annoyance of not getting things done in the most efficient list order.
The only other major potential problem is that I can get very focused on a task, to the point where my time management can get out of joint. Usually, though, I can subvert it by pushing things I know will take more time and thinking to the bottom of the queue, or by breaking the task up and filling the in-between time with something else. So, if transferring files (or flashing a ROM) will take ten minutes, I can usually start the task, go away from it and do other things, and then cycle back to it after the appointed time has elapsed. About the only time I hit serious snags are when troubleshooting is involved, since that requires me to be present and thinking at the same time. And having technology in a non-proper-working state is often distressing for me.
I also have had to hack the relationship a bit, as Sig. Other is very much about wanting to spend as much time with me in proximity as possible, often watching television together. Since I also have an on-line life that I want to keep up with, it has necessitated the purchase and use of tablet computers so that I can be physically present and still able to participate on-line. It does lead to several accusations that I am not paying attention to the television show (which annoys her greatly), but it's a workable compromise for me.
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Date: 2013-06-15 04:08 pm (UTC)My memory hack of choice for work (and some recurring home things) is currently Any.Do, which I love because it has a function where it helps me plan out my day. It goes through the day's tasks, and I get to choose when I will take care of them. Having just that little jog, plus the scheduleable reminders, lets me take care of my work in a good order.
Since my brain works differently than Significant Other's, (those of you familiar with data structures: my brain is a queue, zie's is a stack) the Honey Do list gets written down as much as possible. This not only allows me to remember everything that needs to get done, it also allows me to prioritize and plan them so that I can be the most efficient with my time. If zie absolutely needs something done, zie gives it a priority marker. And then, regularly through the day, zie interrupts me with short (and not short) tasks to do. Which would normally make me forget the other things zie wanted, but the written list allows for some amount of continuity. And lessens the annoyance of not getting things done in the most efficient list order.
The only other major potential problem is that I can get very focused on a task, to the point where my time management can get out of joint. Usually, though, I can subvert it by pushing things I know will take more time and thinking to the bottom of the queue, or by breaking the task up and filling the in-between time with something else. So, if transferring files (or flashing a ROM) will take ten minutes, I can usually start the task, go away from it and do other things, and then cycle back to it after the appointed time has elapsed. About the only time I hit serious snags are when troubleshooting is involved, since that requires me to be present and thinking at the same time. And having technology in a non-proper-working state is often distressing for me.
I also have had to hack the relationship a bit, as Sig. Other is very much about wanting to spend as much time with me in proximity as possible, often watching television together. Since I also have an on-line life that I want to keep up with, it has necessitated the purchase and use of tablet computers so that I can be physically present and still able to participate on-line. It does lead to several accusations that I am not paying attention to the television show (which annoys her greatly), but it's a workable compromise for me.