My experience with ZTD week 1
As I've explained in a previous post, I've decided to use Zen To Done productivity methodology by Leo Babauta.
This is the feedback after 1 week.
For this first week, I've decided to implement 1 new habit : 3 MITs. The habit is simple : at the beginning of the week, and then every morning, I'll list the 3 MITs (Most Important Topics) that I want to achieve during the day (or the week).
Here are the results:
| Day | Did I define 3 MITs? | How many achieved? |
|---|---|---|
| Week | Yes | 2/3 |
| January 16th | Yes | 3/3 |
| January 17th | Yes | 1/3 |
| January 18th | Yes (4) | 2/4 |
| January 19th | Yes | 1/3 |
| January 20th | Yes | 2/4 |
| Total | Yes every day | 11/21 |
What are my conclusions?
- 11/21 is a poor result. I've clearly over committed to myself during that week. There's 1 specific MIT that I've pushed from day 1 to day 5 (finally I did it in day5) that made me loose 4 points.
- Defining the 3 MITs at the beginning of the week and every morning really helped me to focus on the good topics and to realize when I missed them.
- During this first week, I've also drastically simplified the way I use my todo system (nirvanahq). I've removed all project, and used 1 simple list. I've also simplified the actions (remove duplicate actions, remove actions I'll never do...). As a result, I feel really more comfortable with this system.
For the new coming week, my objective is to continue the implementation of this new habit, with a better result !
ps : why did I put a bonsai here ? Because I like bonsai's !
