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We start with capturing a small project, scheduling +the tasks, doing all and then archiving the finished tasks. + +To stay on focus, every morning I build a plan for the day +with the 3 most important tasks first and then some other +stuff that should be done. In this way I avoid getting +pulled down by an endless agenda view that I can't finish on +that day anyway. + +Background info: I'm using Orgmode for many years now, and I'm not +exaggerating if I tell you that it saved me from a nervous breakdown +when my wife got diagonosed with severe illness and I was suddenly in +charge of everything. Orgmode was there and reminded me of the +important things so nothing was forgotten and I could focus on what +really matters. + +In 2016 I recorded a <a +href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVtKhBrRV_ZkPnBtt_TD1Cs9PJlU0IIdE"> +set of tutorial videos </a> which are available +on my YouTube channel which gained more than 3600 subcribers because +of those tutorials. + +In Summer 2020 I recorded the tutorials again for +a <a +href="https://www.udemy.com/course/getting-yourself-organized-with-org-mode/?referralCode=D0CB0D077ED5EC0788F7"> +course at Udemy </a> which went online in October 2020 and is +supplemented by a 100+ pages course book. + +For the Emacs Conference 2020 I created a coupon code EMACSCONF which is valid until December 2, 2020 11:58 AM PST, so you can get the course for the price of €9.99. You can use this code with <a href="https://www.udemy.com/course/getting-yourself-organized-with-org-mode/?couponCode=EMACSCONF">this link</a>. + +<!-- from the pad ---> + +- Actual start and end time (EST): End: 2020-11-28T13.16.44 + +# Questions + +## What's the advantage of copying tasks from the agenda to a separate daily plan, rather than just managing them directly within the agenda? +- [Karl Voit]: I asked Rainer the very same question and his answer + was that his agenda is full with tasks. Copying them (via keyboard + shortcuts) to a manually curated daily list provides a condensed + daily agenda showing only the tasks he is going to do (when the day + goes as planned). +- I feel it can reduce some mental stress. +- Yes, this is it, I want to decide in the morning (I can never do all + what is in the agenda) and then I'm no longer overwhelmed by that + long agenda. + - This may also be relevant: <https://github.com/alphapapa/org-now>. +- OK thanks - but then why not just create custom agenda views for a) + building the daily list and then b) just viewing the daily list + without distractions? e.g. via org-super-agenda or org-ql? + - Sometimes I also want to review my previous tasks I've done. + - There is build-in org-agenda-log-mode (v l) to do this. One just + need to make sure that the task state changes are actually + logged (see `(apropos "org-log-*")`). + - I suspect that could also be achieved via org-ql or similar but + admit it's probably a more complex solution. Just naturally + averse to anything which duplicates data and could lead to + inconsistencies :) + - Exactly. It is just very easy to do it in such a format, but + it can definitely be achieved by super-agenda/org-ql + +## How long does it usually take you to manage/maintain your agenda on a daily basis? +- Five minutes a day. +- Extensively uses org-capture to get thoughts down and schedule + things for later — gets things out of head and saves the task for + later. +- Weekly review to go through checklists — usually takes about half an + hour. + +## What version of Emacs and of Org do you currently use? +- Emacs: 25.3.1 +- Orgmode version: 9.1.5 + +## Do you keep Emacs open with you all day, or just when you need to add tasks or reference todos? +It's open all the day. Two monitor setup, Emacs is always opened on +one (usually the non-main one, apparently, but moved back to the main +one if necessary). + +## Where do your notes/tasks end up after you complete them (lurst asked that first on IRC)? +In archives (missed some details here, sorry). + +## Do you use Org mode on a mobile device as well? If so how do you do it? +On the road I have a real old fashioned paper notebook with a +ballpoint pen ;-) + +## How did you add the super fast typing? +- A) I learned touch typing at school around 45 years ago. +- B) Kdenlive can accelerate video material. You need to mark it (cut + it left and right) and then press Shift-Ctrl and the mouse to drag + it, that adds the time lapse effect. + +## Do you export your Org files or Agenda files for others? +I once tried it at work, but it didn't work out. For me Org is a +**personal** prodcutivity system and not a sort of +groupware. Nevertheless, I have a ToDo keyword "DELEGATED" to monitor +e.g. errands that I give to my kids. + +## Do you use Emacs for everything or just a few things like time management, programming, etc.? +Emacs is my primary editor for shell scripts, LaTeX files, even +LilyPond (remember that talk in the morning). I wrote all the LaTeX +files for the book I prepared for my course in Emacs. + +## Do you keep your project notes and backup information with the to do items in your agenda or in separate files? +The notes are all in the :LOGBOOK: drawer of each task. So I have a +sort of "micro blog" there that clearly shows what happened with that +task so far. I even see all the "RESCHEDULED on…" timestamps +which helps me to identify the tasks I procrastinate. ;-) + +## Not a question but thank you so much for your videos Rainer +- You're welcome. What started as a "I need to show Org to a few + people" turned out helpful to a lot more than I ever expected. ;-) + - These videos helped me so much! Thank you! + +# Notes +- Showcases org-capture, org-agenda, rescheduling from the agenda. +- The idea of "The 3 most important tasks" is important to make a + clear target on day to day basis. +- Just in case Rainer is not checking the IRC: lots of compliments! + Also for your courses (on YouTube)!! +- How Org Mode Saved My Life - Programmer Interview With Rainer König + On Emacs Org Mode + - <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_DYO0_eJ6A> + - <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPKhS-QDn7c&t=1332s> +- Udemy Course URL: + <https://www.udemy.com/course/getting-yourself-organized-with-org-mode/?referralCode=D0CB0D077ED5EC0788F7> +- Very interesting thing to know: Rainer is not using a substantial + customized setup. It's rather out-of-the-box only. +- Org-mode tutorial YouTube playlist: + <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVtKhBrRV_ZkPnBtt_TD1Cs9PJlU0IIdE> + +<a name="transcript"></a> +# Transcript + +00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:22.560 +Hi there, this is Rainer. I have a +10-minute time slot at the EmacsConf and +I will show you a quick walk through my +GTD system in Org mode, so let's start +with capturing. We want to capture what +we do here. + +00:00:22.560 --> 00:01:03.600 +So the idea is I press F6 and I say: "I +want to make a small project because +this video will be a small project," so +the thing is: "Record a video for Emacs +Conf 2020." Video is recorded, edited, +and uploaded. We can also set the +timeline because we want to upload it. +The time, the deadline for uploads +is--we know it already--the 14th of +November. so let me put this in here. +See, this is done. + +00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:40.400 +Now, because it's a project... I mean, I +could say just one task to record a +video, but it's too much, so let's split +it down in a few small tasks. The next +one... + +00:01:40.400 --> 00:02:18.560 +So you see, I've just typed a few quick +tasks. We can see them if we look in the +capture file. You see, there's my +project entry and there are all my +tasks. Since it's a project, I can now +make it easy. I just indent every task +by one and then, so... + +00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:45.599 +Okay, so you see we have one project +here, and this one we refile now to our +backlog. So if we look in our backlog, +you see my project with all the tasks. + +00:02:45.599 --> 00:03:30.879 +So now, next one. I pretend now I'm +doing a weekly review. C-c x b. And I +already did some things, and now the +point where I am is scheduled tasks with +no date. Those are all those tasks. So I +have a weekly review helper that says, +okay, show me everything that I need to +schedule, plan. So schedule this class. +We do everything. + +00:03:30.879 --> 00:04:03.200 +So everything is scheduled now, and we +can check off that and so on. We can... +I have a plan for every day. That's my +free plan. I press F6, and I say p p +plan. Private things. You see there is +the first day, 12th of November, German. +And now I can look at what I have to do +today. + +00:04:04.239 --> 00:04:37.680 +My agenda view is very long, and I just +want to focus on a few tasks, so I +copied them to my daily plan. I just +want to show you. So I have a daily plan +for every day, and that means this one +is what I see, and this one is gone. + +00:04:37.680 --> 00:05:15.605 +So now, let's pretend we are working on +the first: we find the requirements for +the video. We had a look. Okay, I can +mark this task as done here because I +knew the requirements. C-c t. Done. +Format is 720p, webm codec. So this one +is done and I can mark it off here as +well. So now I have marked it off +everywhere. + +00:05:15.605 --> 00:05:24.639 +The good thing of my daily plan is that +I can really see it all the day. I stick +to this, what I decided in the morning +what I want to do. + +00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:58.319 +So let's go to the next one. Make a +quick test. Yeah, I did the test +already. I will do a small trick. I say, +okay, I record the video here. Video +recorded. Then let me do what to show. +Now I'm recording the video. + +00:05:58.319 --> 00:07:02.560 +Let's see. What we do: we had capture, +we had weekly review, we had daily +planning. How are we processing this? +Very nice. So let's pretend the video is +recorded C-c t done. Let me put this to +NEXT again. Start kdenlive to time +lapse. After recording it, I pretend +this is done now. C-c t done. Then I +have a video ready. Let's pretend I did +the upload as well. Done. Video +uploaded. So I can say everything now is +done. Save it, so tomorrow I see what I +did yesterday. Here I'm completely done. + +00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:40.455 +We have the weekly review. We put +another buffer here because I want to +show you the final step of my weekly +review. If you see, there's a final step +that says: select finished tasks and +make a bulk archive action. So if you +look at my EmacsConf thing, okay, the +project is done as well. Project C-c t +done. And then, what I can do is now see +a weekly review helper. Finished tasks. + +00:07:40.455 --> 00:08:00.320 +I could make a bulk operation that says +archive everything, but at the moment I +don't need to do that because we have a +tree structure, so it's C-c x a I have +this task away, and the task is done. So +that's it. + +00:08:00.320 --> 00:08:21.959 +That's my system you see: from capturing +tasks, to scheduling tasks, to putting +it on the daily plan, performing it, and +at the end, when everything is done, the +next weekly review they will go to the +archive file, because it's finished. +Thank you for watching. That's it. |