wheatdesign

I still have trouble forcing myself to do a weekly review, but I found the book very helpful and I use the method to track my tasks, projects, and “someday/maybe” lists. It works. The more time I put into it, the better it works. I use Tracks (the nice free hosted version over at http://tracks.tra.in) to keep track of next actions and just print a new list about once a week. I carry that around in my pocket, with a pen clipped to it, and that’s all I need for entering new next actions and crossing off old ones.

One hard things for me was to stop thinking of “projects” as big, nebulous life-enhancing goals and start thinking of them as simply collections of next actions pointing toward a specific, quantifiable goal. For big, nebulous goals, I created a “context” in Tracks called “Areas of Focus” (which is mentioned in the GTD book). I also have a “someday/maybe” context that isn’t displayed by default. I don’t need to carry that around with me every day. When I need to consult it, I can just flip over to that context in Tracks and, if I like, print it out.

I’m leaving this weekend for a trip to London and then on to Paris! This will be my second trip to Europe and my first since 1990. I’m very excited and have been working on my French, though it’s still embarrassingly bad. Still, I’m really looking forward to it.

I love the the bass guitar. I’ve been playing since 1984 and it means the world to me. There’s always something new to learn. It never gets old and it’s a real comfort when times are bad.

I created a bass community site for bass players: http://bassplaying.com. Sign up and hang out with us. I also have an online book that many people use to learn bass guitar: http://wheatsbassbook.com.