![]() ![]() I’ve always loved planners, but stopped using them when I started using Omnifocus, a personal task manager built on the principles of GTD. The design is beautiful and it works wonderfully. I also love that you can turn emails or websites into tasks, so they’re easy to get back to. It’s easy and intuitive to add tasks, and it has a lot of great ways to indicate recurring tasks. It syncs across a ton of platforms, so I can pull it up anywhere I am to check on projects. There are a lot of online to do list apps and websites, but Todoist is my absolute favorite. Nothing in the book is rocket science, but I like it because it shows how real people have developed strategies for productivity and offers their tips up in digestible pieces. It’s broken up into four sections – building a rock-solid routine, finding focus in a distracted world, taming your tools, and sharpening your creative mind – that encompass a variety of different challenges. This short book is a collection of brief essays by “leading creative minds” about how they structure their day to make time for creative work. Kim Ukura: Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus and Sharpen Your Creative Mind, edited by Jocelyn K. Espresso shots all day long! Now I can curl up with a good book or sit down to write with a hot, crema-topped Americano and without the fear of falling asleep before I hit pan on my task list. Going to cafés is fun and all, but my life changed when I bought my beautiful Nespresso machine. I work a full-time job so all of my side jobs and freelance work, including all of the reading I get done, happens in the evening when I’m already world-weary. If I was a dwarf, my name would be Sleepy. While I already knew what I wanted to pursue when I acquired this book, I did find the time management section helpful in addition to having fun with the character sheet. ![]() The book is split into three parts: Mind, Body, and Time, and its target audience is the minutiae nerd who’s striving to identify and pursue her or his passion. This is one of the activities Hardwick proposes to assist you in better understand yourself, your strengths, and weaknesses, and in using this information to take control of your life and figure out what you want to do with it. I’m the sort of curmudgeonly cynic who grumbles about people who make scads of cash off common sense and repetition when it comes to productivity books, but I had so much fun creating my Nerdist Way character sheet. Zainab Williams: The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life) by Chris Hardwick + Nespresso Machine Enter the bullet journal: it’s a simple set-up, flexible enough to change what doesn’t work for you, with lots of great hacks and tips from other users available with minimal Googling. TURNS OUT, that is a path to feeling disorganized all the time. I use a digital program for my work (although I’m in the midst of breaking up with one and finding a new one), but I had always half-neglected the things I needed to do in regular life. I was introduced to the bullet journal by Our Lady of Productivity Kelly Sue DeConnick, and it’s quickly become my favorite way to organize my personal life. I highly recommend reading this book one chapter a week it gives you space to reflect on what you’re doing now and how you might want to change it, without feeling like you need to fix everything RIGHT AWAY. He’s not trying to tell you the one perfect way to work he’s giving you the principles for how to find your own best workflow. But my favorite things about Allen’s advice still holds true. I’ve been a GTD nut ever since seeing David Allen speak at a conference, but I confess that I hadn’t read the full book - until the reissue, that is! The new edition takes into account the digital workplace and the abundance of apps, programs, and tools that are out there. Jenn Northington: Getting Things Done by David Allen + the Bullet Journal I thought it was high time we shared some of our favorites with you! Here at the Riot, we frequently compare notes as to books, planners, apps, and techniques on how best to get things done. Find her on Tumblr at jennIRL and Instagram at iamjennIRL. When she’s not working, she’s most likely gardening, running, or (obviously) reading. You can hear her on the SFF Yeah! podcast nerding out about sci-fi and fantasy. Jenn Northington has worked in the publishing industry wearing various hats since 2004, including bookseller and events director, and is currently Director of Editorial Operations at Riot New Media Group. Jenn Northington Director, Editorial Operations
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