Re: [emacs-wiki-discuss] How I started using Planner

[Andreas Stemmer]

Sacha Chua wrote:
> Relax. You can use Planner gradually. <grin> This is probably the best
> way to do things. It's easier to make gradual changes to one's way of
> doing things, anyway... =)

That's my biggest problem. I always try to change my way of doing things 
radically, just to make it "perfect". Of course this never works, so I 
end up with changing nothing at all.

> How do you currently plan your day, and how would you like to be able
> to plan your day?

That's a good question and in fact, I don't really know. At the moment, 
I manage most of my tasks in mind only, but this gets more and more 
unreliable. Therefore I recently started to write todo-lists and notes 
in various text files on my computer. Most appointments are written down 
on post-its and fly around my desktop. Another problem is, that I misuse 
my inbox as todo-list, it gets cluttered with all kinds of emails I 
wanted to act upon sometime.

I know that I have to get a better organization if I want to be more 
productive, but I'm not sure about the "how". Originally, I only wanted 
to have a good system of taking notes and finding them again. I searched 
for good solutions and found planner.el as one of many possibilities. 
Then somehow, one thing led to another. I noticed that a good method of 
keeping todo lists could improve my efficeny at work and at home.

Originally, I didn't like the idea of using emacs as mail client at all. 
But after more investigation and reading reports from people like you, I 
see that there's a great advantage to have all the important tools 
together (for linking and ease of use).

> So don't worry, you don't have to start with a really funky Planner
> config. Use whatever you feel like using. Feel free to ask questions.
> If something is missing, we'll try to see if we can hack it in. =)

You're so right. I'll start using planner on a very basic level and 
extend it from time to time. Thank you for this enlighting mail.

Andreas