How the notebook worksEvery page answers two questions: what kind of thinking it keeps, and how far along that thinking is.What it keepsNotesmy thoughts in fluxTopicA gathering point. It collects the notes underneath it, and sometimes nothing is written in the middle.Minethis oneMy ideas, at every stage of thought.InspiredNot fully, or mostly, original. It says whose idea it started as.StubNot enough to say in public yet. Here for the links in and out.How far alongSteepingThin and early. Written down so I can find out what I think of it.BrewingHas a shape, still moving. Most of the notebook lives here.PouredFinished, which is not the same as long. Five words can be poured.Mix kind and stage on the benchEdited
Professional Triggers List
I’m not the first person to create a list like this, but here is a list of all of the triggers use to help me clear my head and get tasks on paper.
- Commitments/promises to others
- Internal
- Individual People (or teams)
- Collaborators (Outside)
- Individual People (or teams)
- Internal
- Initiate or respond to:
- Phone calls
- Voicemails
- Letters
- Memos
- Other
- Writing to finish/submit
- Reports
- Evaluations/reviews
- Proposals
- Articles
- Promotional materials
- Manuals/instructions
- Rewrites and edits
- Meetings that need to be set/requested
- Who needs to know about what decisions?
- Significant read/review
- Financial / Receipts
- Formal planning (goals, targets, objectives)
- Current projects (next stages)
- Upcoming projects
- Business/marketing plans
- Organizational initiatives
- Upcoming events
- Meetings
- Presentations
- Travel
- Policies/procedures
- Systems
- Phones
- Computers
- Office equipment
- Other equipment
- Utilities
- Filing
- Storage
- Inventories
- Supplies
- Systems
- Waiting for…
- Information
- Ordered items
- Items being repaired
- Decisions of others
- Delegated tasks/projects
- Completions critical to projects
- Replies to:
- Phone calls
- Professional development
- Training/seminars
- Things to learn
- Things to look up
- Skills to practice
- Outside education
- Research—need to find out about…
- Professional wardrobe
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