Onward and Upward
Notes on tasks, habits, and the practice of getting through an ordinary day, from the person who builds PathDay. New notes about once a month.
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Inbox. Capture now. Decide later.
The biggest idea in PathDay is the Inbox. It gives you somewhere to put a thought without having to organize it first. Add what you need to do to inbox and get back to what you were doing. When you have time to think through what you’ve collected, click on Process Inbox to work through…
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What do I need to do today?
Every morning I ask one question. What do I need to do today? Not tomorrow, next week or even yesterday; today. The car registration is due sometime, the shopping list has been sitting there since last week, I told a friend I would reach out, and I want to run 3 miles before it gets…
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Why habits and tasks do not belong in the same list
For years I kept my habits and tasks all in one list. Meditate today, reach out to Sam and run 5 miles. Those sat next to the groceries and the car registration, and every morning all five got treated as the same kind of thing. They are not the same kind of thing. Keeping them…