Almost every productivity system works for six weeks max. The variable = whatever in your life is making you willing to try a new system. Once that fades, so does the system. But we keep blaming the wrong thing.
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@Daojoan I'd say there's some truth to that, but also, 6 weeks of gains is nothing to laugh at. Multiple periods of that a year is a net positive, and it's no fault of a system that an animal evolved for spearing mammoths and also running from mammoths can't turn into a robot instantly. The main thing, I think, is being realistic, not getting disappointed, and being willing to get back on the horse when necessary, rather than feeling guilty for reverting to something less rigid.
This is true. And I definitely don't want to shit on that. The problem of course is that the switching costs are...exhausting.
@Daojoan Yeah, absolutely. I think what worked for me was more or less going with one dirt simple system, and going back to it after stopping for whatever reason.
Of course that doesn't sell books, which is a big part of why this is an issue.
@Daojoan This feels very familiar. :)
When you say "almost" every systems falls apart after six weeks, do you mean that some last longer than six weeks before falling apart, or that some can actually stick under the right circumstances?
I think some can stick. But you have to get through the valley...and the valley is where it feels like it's all falling apart, and a different system would solve the problem. Forcing yourself to stick to it is tough.
@Daojoan
Aren't you just talking about ADHD? Normies around me successfully use the same type of Todo list for years.
wait do I have ADHD
@Daojoan
No idea, I wasn't trying to imply anything about you specifically 😂
But "I need to rotate organisation systems or I forget to use them" is *a thing*. A new/different planner = sweet sweet dopamine.
@Daojoan almost every productivity system expects that productivity will increase, and that is only thing they measure.
They don't measure how better workers feel with existing productivity, which might provide long term persistent productivity increases.
