I live by just writing down every idea I have in a list. No particular order, I just append them on a piece of paper or a text file.
Ideas rarely appear when you need them, but come throughout the day as you do other things, and at least in my case, I can never remember if I don't jot them down.
Then when it's time to get something done, I just cross things off one by one. Never have to wonder what to do next, never run out of ideas, which allows some pretty spectacular bursts of productivity.
I'm struggling to see how this relates to TFA. It sounds like you're talking about organizing your personal TODOs, whereas the article is about how to acclimate and communicate within a team.
This is essentially my note-taking strategy with Apple Notes and Notally (on Android). Life's too short to organize notes. I'd rather just jot down everything and rely on the reverse-chron and search to find stuff later.
The irony is that, while I know I have a treasure trove of amazing ideas, at my age I don't think I care enough to execute them like I would have in my 20s. Oh well!
I see what you are saying, though I find it a bit unfair. I don't think age has to stop anyone, and I was more so using it as a proxy for being a different person with new priorities. In my years approaching 40, I can't say I care at all about sitting in front of a screen for hours on end making some doo-dad when I could be forming relationships that I missed out on earlier in life.
>> I see what you are saying, though I find it a bit unfair.
It totally was, and on purpose!!!
>> In my years approaching 40,
At 48 I can tell you that slowing down is NOT what you want to do, speed up!
>> I can't say I care at all about sitting in front of a screen for hours on end making some doo-dad when I could be forming relationships that I missed out on earlier in life.
One does not preclude the other. Hell everything is better with friends! The thing about old people is we dont want doo dads we want to get shit done. You can build all the things you want as beer money projects with the friends you make and if one of them hits, well... Im sure you know better what to do with money now then in your 20's.
"Beware of an old man in a profession where men die young"
Ideas rarely appear when you need them, but come throughout the day as you do other things, and at least in my case, I can never remember if I don't jot them down.
Then when it's time to get something done, I just cross things off one by one. Never have to wonder what to do next, never run out of ideas, which allows some pretty spectacular bursts of productivity.