A serious ouch…

We won’t get married anywhere near anything scary…

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Emilie snart 4 månader gammal

Loulous och Eeros lilla Emilie är snart hela fyra månader gammal och därför dedikerar jag denna video till henne:

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“Getting Things Done” round 2

I have finally worked out how to organize my computer. I spent a long time looking for some kind of freeware that would be able to file documents, pictures and so on conceptually. There are several out there but most of them cost more than around twenty dollars, so with the wedding coming up I decided against buying any right now. I realized I’d benefit the most if the organization would be based on the principles of GTD (see my previous post on the matter for more information) and even though there are excellent programmes available for that, I thought I’d take the challenge of working around money and simply using what I have – a clean interface in Finder, the option to colour code both folders and documents, and finally the option to place some folders in the side menu of Finder. So what I have now is:

• Inbox: the path is Documents > Inbox, but it’s also visible in the Finder side menu (just drag it there from Documents) and in the Dock, and the colour code is Yellow. Downloaded stuff and other stuff go into this one.
• Is it actionable? No – a): Someday/maybe files go into Tickler folders named for instance “Tickler – Knitting” (ideas for next knitting project; inspirational pictures and so on) and colour coded Green (something might grow out of it). If a weekly review shows that I all of a sudden have the time and motivation to make a Project out of a Tickler, the folder name is renamed and recoloured (see below).
• Is it actionable? No – b): Reference files go into Archive folders named for instance “Archive – Knitting” (finished projects) and the colour code is Blue (it’s cold, doesn’t require attention).
• Is it actionable? Yes: Files that are part of ongoing projects go into Project plan folders named for instance ” Project plan – Knitting – Christmas gifts” and the colour code is Red (it’s hot). When the projects are finished the same folders are renamed Archives. Project plan folders are visible in the Finder side menu (drag from Documents) so that I when Finder is open with one click can access their content.

While cleaning up the folder hierarchy I’ve renamed many folders in an attempt to avoid a lot of subfolders:

• Previously: example 1. Documents > Interests > Knitting and 2. Documents > Interests > Running
• Now: 1. Documents > “Interests – Knitting” and 2. Documents > “Interests – Running”

Pictures: I’m trying not to distinguish between file types anymore because it is irrelevant if stuff is picture or text, so only my photographs go into Pictures from now on, the rest will be filed under Documents.

Already I can feel what a huge difference it makes to have Archive files, Ticklers and Project-plan files separated, because the process of defining whether a file is active or not, while scrolling through the Documents > “Interests – Knitting” folder, is now gone. My original division into categories is intact, which is useful since I already have it in my head, but the scrollable amount is remarkably smaller, and when a file changes status all I do is drag it into another already existing folder or I rename the whole folder.

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Tango Macabre by Manfred Klein found recently at dafont.com

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Pink glasses round 2

Goodness, so much has happened since round 1. The dress arrived weeks ago, the stationery has been worked on for real and a lot of details regarding almost anything between heaven and earth related to weddings has been pondered not once but twice. Now I should put everything on hold for a couple of weeks but find it hard after having breathed wedding for such a long time again. I moved in the beginning of May and got my net back a couple of weeks later, which is when the planning was taken off hold. I can’t wait for the day to actually be here already!

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