Well I'm back in the saddle again. School that is. And I've got a full plate this semester. But I will be able to keep up thanks to my handy Android phone and a great app called GTasks. Gtasks syncs with my Google Tasks in the cloud and allows me to manage them on my phone. It has a good clean interface and is simple and straight forward. One shortcoming I've found with most task apps, and GTasks is no exception, is the lack of ability to effectively categorize or prioritize a given task. But I've figured out a way to do this myself. Before I enter each task I consider its priority according to the FranklinCovey method and then enter it preceding the task such as:
[A1] Mow the grass.
And for my school work, I tend to understand those tasks by category so I will enter:
[678] Finish GDB lab.
Where 678 is the course number. EECS 678 = Intro to Operating Systems
See, something you've gotta know about me is that I used to work for FranklinCovey Retail Stores. I learned so much while I was there about working according to your highest priorities, setting SMART goals, and time management in general. One thing in particular I learned from their time management seminar was the four cores of the FranklinCovey planning system: contacts, calendar, notes and tasks. Now my Android phone yields itself very nicely to managing my calendar and contacts. But ever since I switched to a smartphone and away from a paper planning system, I've struggled with an effective solution to last two: notes and tasks. Notes aren't so much a concern for me as most of my note taking is relative to my classes for which I have notebooks. The tasks are the kicker though, but not anymore thanks to solution i described above. This simple approach helps me to keep organized and on top of the 1400 things I have to do. Maybe this will help you. Try it. I'm gonna go mark this off my tasks list now.
[A1] Mow the grass.
And for my school work, I tend to understand those tasks by category so I will enter:
[678] Finish GDB lab.
Where 678 is the course number. EECS 678 = Intro to Operating Systems
See, something you've gotta know about me is that I used to work for FranklinCovey Retail Stores. I learned so much while I was there about working according to your highest priorities, setting SMART goals, and time management in general. One thing in particular I learned from their time management seminar was the four cores of the FranklinCovey planning system: contacts, calendar, notes and tasks. Now my Android phone yields itself very nicely to managing my calendar and contacts. But ever since I switched to a smartphone and away from a paper planning system, I've struggled with an effective solution to last two: notes and tasks. Notes aren't so much a concern for me as most of my note taking is relative to my classes for which I have notebooks. The tasks are the kicker though, but not anymore thanks to solution i described above. This simple approach helps me to keep organized and on top of the 1400 things I have to do. Maybe this will help you. Try it. I'm gonna go mark this off my tasks list now.
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