August 10, 2011

Although I am thrilled with the time management system I blogged about on Monday, there are simpler methods out there. A writer friend sent me the link to a free online system called LazyMeter.

 

It’s easy to learn the LazyMeter system, it’s fun, and it has a great feature that lets you put a task on “pause”–which automatically moves it to the next day! Voila! Cleared list!

Accountability

The colored “lazymeter” at the top of the page shows how many tasks you completed and how many tasks were pushed to the next day.

 

According to the creators of LazyMeter: “Our core belief is that productivity is not about how much you do, but how you feel at the end of the day. Other task managers create more work for users, and overwhelm them with an even longer to-do list. LazyMeter is designed to help you focus on one day at a time, and feel better at the end of the day.”

 

The LazyMeter blog answers many questions about their features and how to make the best use of this easy-to-understand time management system. Post a comment if you try this system and share your thoughts about it.

9 Comments »

1. 

   Really, I do NOT feel better at the end of the day knowing that I shoved a lot of tasks to the next day! I do feel better about myself if I have been productive. Back to the drawing board–er, writing desk!

   Comment by Jane Heitman Healy — August 10, 2011 @ 2:11 pm

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   Jane, I knew you were kidding when you sent me the link. But the more I looked at the simplicity of their system–and remembered what it was like as a young mom with just one precious hour per day to write–I thought this site might actually meet some needs out there. If nothing else, it would teach me to stop making outrageously long To-Do lists so that I didn’t have to be faced with how many things had to be carried over, day after day!

   Comment by Kristi Holl — August 12, 2011 @ 5:13 am

3. 

   Hi,
   I’m looking at this one too. It looks like it might work well with fractals. The big test will be if it works well with my berry. Sometimes it’s more helpful not to be connect online to use to do lists but sometimes it can be a great way to share with others who need to know…
   I’ll let you know how I find it.

   Comment by Ally M — August 13, 2011 @ 9:30 pm

4. 

   Ally, I feel the same about not being online so much. I hadn’t thought about the others who might need to know. What others were you thinking of?

   Comment by Kristi Holl — August 15, 2011 @ 6:10 am

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   Kristi, I was so inspired by your comments about the fractal system and by the e-book that I took a chance and subscribed for a month. I have been slowly adding to my list of projects and subtasks and find it easy to use. I haven’t explored every detail yet but like what I’ve seen. However, I have not yet done even one of the subtasks on my long list. I suspect that has more to do with the list maker than the fractal system. It probably means that I need to break the tasks down more or maybe I just need to get with it. I’ll report back on results. Thanks for the idea.

   Bonnie

   Comment by Bonnie H. — August 15, 2011 @ 1:15 pm

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   Bonnie, it took me a while to compile my expanded lists too. I also realized I hadn’t broken things down sufficiently. Once I did, it was a lot easier. Now if I could just find a way to keep life from intruding while I’m knocking off the list!

   Comment by Kristi Holl — August 15, 2011 @ 6:59 pm

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   Hi Kristi,
   Others… in this case refers to my hubby mostly but sometimes other family like sisters, brothers, moms & dads. In our family not everyone has a FB page nor do some of them want one (ever, so they say) I used to think I could get away without one too but now I have one I just don’t check it too often, lower priority than just calling.

   My hubby and I have our own gmail accounts but we also share an account & use the same password. That way we can leave messages without having to use our blackberrys calendars or email (just the web browser to log into gmail) – again this is because there are somethings we just want for ourselves & not to be mixed in with the already busy schedule contained in the technology

   Technology is truly a double edged sword, on one side we can stay interconnected to the world, on the other we are too interconnected with the world…

   I’ve looked at this LazyMeter planner, it would be way to difficult to use with fractals but my hubby & are trying it out for our domestic chores, when one is cleared that person clears it and adds if need be…
   I’ll let you know how this test run goes – cheers

   Comment by Ally M — August 16, 2011 @ 8:43 am

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   Ally, you are light years ahead of me on being connected technologically-speaking. That idea of sharing one gmail account with the same password so you could leave messages intrigues me a lot. You’re right about it being a double-edged sword. I just haven’t quite figured out how to get the edge I want without the edge I don’t. I imagine many are challenged in the same way though.

   Comment by Kristi Holl — August 16, 2011 @ 1:02 pm

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   I took a glance at it, but it’s not for me. Thanks for the suggestion, though. It’s a bit too techy for me to figure out.

   Comment by Andrea Buginsky — August 16, 2011 @ 9:03 pm

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