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Notes: I want to have a great process for accomplishing my goals.

-> see also http://hmatt.com/blog/lists/master-list/

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MY DEFINITIONS

“My Goals” – whatever I want to accomplish. These can be things like ‘projects’ or ‘habit changes’

“Project” – part of my blog page series “100 Projects” & resource files on my idisk so I have access to it via Macbook, iPhone, and any other Mac I’m using.

“Habit Change” – personal characteristics that I’d like to improve upon. Mostly formed and reformed by repetition {like exercise or attitude changes}

“To Do” – I used to think this was a simple concept. To Dos are any thing that can happen. However, this can be divided into ‘tasks’, ‘to do lists’, ‘goals’, ‘projects’ or ‘habit changes’

“Task” – A task would be an actionable step toward completing a goal, a ‘chore’ or ‘errand’.

“To Do List” – lists of things I want to do {like ‘take roadtrip’ or ‘play beach volleyball’}

‘Chore’ – some activity to accomplish

‘Errand’ – a place to go to get something or accomplish something

“Wishlist” – something I want. Either because it would help me achieve a goal, or because it would be fun to have

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TOOLS
iPhone – Macbook – Online – idisk folder

-HanDbase- iPhone app & Mac Application that can sync
“My Goals.pdb” on HanDbase helps me dissect the goal itself. Stuff like: {Goal, Why I want goal, List of outcomes, Activities needed, What I can do NOW, What is stopping me, Stop fixes, notes, what I am doing now, related areas}. I also have to note what type of goal it is: {Wishlist, Habit Change, or a Task}

-Things- iPhone app & Mac Application that can sync
My to do list application. It helps me write down actionable steps that I can categorize and define.

-100 Projects- on idisk folder (I can use spotlight & have access with any mac & kind of with my iPhone)
Project resource files. Text notes on how things are going & pictures and stuff or aliases to other apps where I’m doing a project or have my research all laid out

-100 Projects Blog Pages- on my wordpress blog (so I can publish what has been going on in case it helps anyone else out)
This is extremely tedious to retype everything and basically redo it online, but I can’t have a localized version of my pages localized on my iPhone. I can only access it when I have internet access (which is most of the time)

-ZENBE- online website or localized iPhone app (I can embed a list onto a website or can even have access to it without having to login- very useful for work things to do)

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PROCESS

Capturing a ‘To Do’ would be either

-writing it on paper
-typing it in the QuickNote iPhone app {because my to dos go different places}
-using Things on iPhone or Macbook

-> see also http://hmatt.com/blog/lists/processes/

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Links to other websites:
http://hmatt.com/blog/lists/master-list/
– http://hmatt.com/blog/how-to-organize/
– http://www.43things.com/person/hmatt

Related Projects:
01-organize website