Nested Folders

Rose and Scotty discuss how they approach closing off chapters in their lives, including both big chapters like new jobs and life changes, or smaller chapters like arbitrary periods or mindsets. Some related past listening is the previous episode, Episode 53: Crisis Management, and our Episode 3: Building Bookends, but wow, that’s a really old one, and the audio quality isn’t quite as it is now. You’ve been warned. If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!

Rose and Scotty discuss how they manage in crisis times, using tools and ways of thinking to handle, and hopefully minimize, the disastrousness of these kinds of situations. Some related past listening is our Episode 19: Dealing with Sudden Change. If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!

Rose and Scotty discuss practices and approaches for dealing with many projects, commitments, and activities. Some things we mention and love: David Sparks’ Status Dashboard Kanban OmniFocus AirTable Shortcuts If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!

Rose and Scotty revisit their tags and lists to think more about how (and why) we classify actions. Some things we mention and love: Nested Folders Episode 39: Lists and Tags and Contexts Nested Folders Episode 50: A Year of Pandemic Folder Nesting Om Save Safari Extension OmniFocus Obsidian Agenda RocketBook If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!

Rose and Scotty look back on a year of a life in a pandemic, how their systems changed, evolved, and managed throughout, and what they have taken away from all of this so far. We mention Nested Folders episode 19: Dealing With Sudden Change, and make some light reference to our GTD series as well. If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!

Rose and Scotty discuss the how we might approach new work and making the unfamiliar feel more doable. We refer to Nested Folders episode 47: Hacking Pitfalls and some other past episodes, which we try to keep evergreen for lasting value. If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!

Rose and Scotty discuss the importance of recognizing making progress and taking the time to celebrate wins and ourselves as a part of keeping our heads above water. If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!

Rose and Scotty discuss their pitfalls and challenges in practicing productivity and how we work around them. We reference a bunch of past material on this one! Check out: Nested Folders Episode 46: Breaking Up and Down the Weekly Review Unnested Folders: Our Productivity Apps Unnested Nested Folders Episode 13: The Year End Review Nested Folders Episode 44: Getting the Little Things Done Nested Folders Episode 16: The Maker and the Manager If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!

Rose and Scotty discuss ways of addressing the magnitude of the weekly review by breaking it up, parcelling it out, and breaking it in to manageable chunks. We’re talking weekly reviews, and to hear more about us on this kind of topic, check out past episodes of Nested Folders: Nested Folders episode 32: GTW Workflow Part III/IV: Review Nested Folders episode 5: How We Weekly Review Nested Folders episode 13: The Year End Review If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!

Rose and Scotty discuss ways of kick-starting out energy or motivation when it’s tough to feel inspired or get going. Some things we mention and love: Pomodoro technique Pomolego technique Nested Folders episode 42: Decluttering for Productivity Nested Folders episode 8: Setting Up Your Workspace Dark Noise app Rubber duck debugging If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!