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By: Abhimanyu Grover

Abhimanyu Grover — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:53:05 +0000

Very nice work, I must say… This habit list has helped me a lot from last few days. Initially I had started with a single list which was fine and now I’m using 3 of them:

1. Personal
2. Company
3. Negative Habits

The best thing is, you dont have to maintain all those repetitive tasks in your growing to-do’s. Now my to-do also looks neat..

Thanks a lot…!!!

By: Terra Andersen

Terra Andersen — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:18:15 +0000

This is WONDERFUL, I just read your post about the habits list, and think it is SUCH a great idea. I love being productive.. :)

By: Inca

Inca — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:04:31 +0000

Great idea.

I like the idea of printing it out and having it where I need it at all times.

But I also like to have the computer add up all the little checks for me.

So, I made up a very similar looking form in Excel…and it is great.

By: Lu

Lu — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:20:58 +0000

Hi!
Thank you very much for sharing your list. Now it’s being used in Brazil :-)
I’ve just mentioned it in my blog. Hope that’s ok.

By: carol

carol — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:15:39 +0000

this is a great tool – i’ve been using it this week and have really been enjoying it. i’m a new academic, trying to get used to structuring my own days – i’m using the habit list to make sure i’m covering all my reading topics and working steadily on syllabi creation and lesson plans. while those things could be considered long-term projects, they’re actually the daily, unending work of an academic, so, for example, making it a habit to pick up a text and read for 30 minutes keeps me from having to pull student-like all nighters when i need to be ready to teach in the morning.

mixed in with the academic tasks, i’ve included other gtd/flylady/zen habits/et al kinds of tasks – working with the tickler file, flossing my teeth, exercising, making my bed and keeping the kitchen sink clean. it makes for a funky and kind of long habit list, but with my days being almost entirely my own to structure – which can be kind of overwhelming – it’s actually hugely helpful. thanks so much for sharing it!

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:28:44 +0000

@Nick – I would recommend printing it out and filling things out by hand. I’m looking at making a PDF version that is actually a form that can be saved, but I don’t quite have all the tools I need.

@Tony – it was done with OmniGraffle.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:21:01 +0000

Any chance you can post or provide your OmniGraffle file so that I can have a nicely printed list of my habits rather than relying on my poor hand-writing?

By: tony

tony — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:02:09 +0000

Hello, Mark, I am very intersted at your posts. the habit list picture looks very beautiful, can you tell me how to draw it? thanks.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:42:14 +0000

When I was implementing GTD in a notebook, I found that many of my tasks were recurring — habits that I wanted to force myself into. So I eventually made them a separate list, like you have here (but yours is prettier).

What would be the best way to fill out this PDF via software rather than by hand? Just find some PDF reader that lets you add notes?

I run on a Mac primarily.