Saturday Strength and Resilience: Nordic walking at Fukushima
Fukushima survivors
Nordic walk as part of their recovery.
Getting through your to-do list
This has nothing to
do with Nordic walking, and it has everything to do with Nordic walking. Nordic
walking is the most efficient exercise I've found (I also swim and lift
weights) because it's full body and allows different levels of intensity
(walking to running). It stands to reason some or many Nordic walkers like
being efficient and productive in other areas of their lives.
One area of
productivity involves getting through your to-do list. Most systems I've seen
show lists of about a dozen items. I have to manage hundreds, and most people
in the workplace have to manage hundreds as well. How to do that?
The approach that
has been working best for me is to use my email inbox as my to-do list because
I have an obsessive desire to clear out my inbox. I just email a task to myself
and treat it as an email to process. I also cc myself on emails I send to others
so I remember to follow up with them.
So far so good, but
what about managing hundreds of tasks? Since I don't have to do all the tasks
on the same day, I set the delivery delay so the emails come to me on different
days. Here are some steps:
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Tasks for you to do
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Following up with someone else
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Send an email to
yourself
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Copy yourself on
an email to someone else
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Do what the email
says to clear it out of your inbox
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Forward the email
to the addressee with a note to follow up
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If you don't need
to do the task right away, set the delivery delay to send it to yourself at a
later date (example: doing something to prepare for a meeting 2 months in the
future may require you to set a delay so it shows up several days before that
meeting)
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If you don't need
to follow up right away, set the delivery delay to send it to the person at a
later date (example: if someone has a deadline 2 months later, you can set
the follow up for several days before the deadline)
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Because I use
Microsoft Outlook, I've enjoyed its integration with Microsoft OneNote. For
example, if I'm taking notes at a meeting in OneNote and want to send off an
email, I can either email the page or convert a specific line or lines into a
task and then email that task. That gets it to my inbox for processing.
Like I said, this
post has nothing to do with Nordic walking, but it also has everything to do
with Nordic walking. If you're pursuing goals, you know you have to manage
tasks and work with others. Nordic walkers often form walking groups, and
someone has to organize the meetups. That, too, calls for completing tasks and
working with others.
Give it a try.
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