
Nested Folders
Interested in learning more about making the best use of your time and establishing your best personal workflows? So are Rosemary Orchard and Scotty Jackson. Join them as they discuss ways of thinking, working, and using technology solutions to achieve more and feel good about doing their best work.
Latest episodes

Jan 12, 2021 • 31min
Episode 44: Getting the Little Things Done
Rose and Scotty discuss approaches to managing the smaller tasks we are always faced with, trying to making it easier and more enjoyable to tackle the myriad of little things we have to tend to.
Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 27: The Two Minute “Rule”
Rose on The Sweet Setup: How I Use Timeblocking to Increase my Efficiency
Dark Noise
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Dec 29, 2020 • 33min
Episode 43: The Nuclear Solution
Rose and Scotty discuss the application of the complete burning down of a system and starting from scratch.
We refer to some previous episodes of Nested Folders here, including:
Episode 5: How We Weekly Review
Episode 32: GTD Workflow Part II/IV: Review
Episode 37: I’m a Mess
Episode 15: Staying on the Rails
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Dec 15, 2020 • 29min
Episode 42: Decluttering for Productivity
Rose and Scotty discuss approaches to optimizing workspaces and workflows through deliberate moves to organize.
Things we mention or refer to:
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Joy at Work, and all the things by Marie Kondo
Bluelounge cable management products
The number 42 (this is the forty second episode of Nested Folders, after all)
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Dec 1, 2020 • 29min
Episode 41: Lists of Lists
Lists aren’t just for actions! Rose and Scotty discuss some of the lists they keep in their systems for purposes of both practicality and fun.
Some of the lists we talk about:
Media
Gifts
Games
Books
Apps
People
Wine
Autobiography titles
Things to automate
Productivity
Some things we mention and love:
Ticket to Ride
OmniGroup Slack
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Nov 17, 2020 • 26min
Episode 40: Complexity and Simplicity
Rose and Scotty discuss simplifying tasks and projects and unknowns to detect and avoid complexity.
Some things we mention and love:
Crouton
Constant vigilance
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Nov 4, 2020 • 29min
Episode 39: Lists and Tags and Contexts
Rose and Scotty discuss list management through tags/categories/contexts for actions, helping to organize lists and actions through different kinds of ways of thinking about how to group our tasks.
Things we mention and love:
Getting Things Done (GTD) contexts
OmniFocus
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Oct 20, 2020 • 28min
Episode 38: Relaxation Time
Rose and Scotty discuss the value of relaxation, and how to relax (and prepare for relaxation) effectively.
Some things we mention and love:
Feel good about what you are not doing
Cal Newport Straight A Student
Nested Folders Episode 5, How We Weekly Review
Nested Folders Episode 32, GTD Workflow Part III/IV: Review
Scotty’s daily journaling
Rose’s daily routine on Automators #47: The Daily Brief
Merlin Mann Productive Talk interview with David Allen
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Oct 6, 2020 • 29min
Episode 37: I’m A Mess
Rose and Scotty discuss the feeling of life moving faster than systems, ending up in a mess, and what paths to recovery might look like.
Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 10: Capturing Braindumps
Nested Folders Episode 28, GTD Workflow Part I: Capture
Not great, Bob
Cognitive defusion (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
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Sep 22, 2020 • 27min
Episode 36: GTD Horizons of Focus
Rose and Scotty, in their continuing and unnumbered series of episodes examining Getting Things Done (GTD) best practices, discuss the GTD horizons of focus, what they mean, and how they apply to define life and work.
Things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 13: The Year End Review
Nested Folders Episode 14: You’ve Got to Have a Plan
Mike Schmitz’s Personal Retreat Handbook (12 Week Year)
OmniFocus
Agenda
Previous Nested Folders GTD series episodes:
Episode 28: GTD Workflow Part I, Capture
Episode 29: GTD Workflow Part II, Clarify/Process and Organize
Episode 32: GTD Workflow Part III/IV: Review
Episode 33: GTD Workflow Part IV/V: Do/Engage
Episode 35: Installing GTD
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Sep 8, 2020 • 26min
Episode 35: Installing GTD
Rose and Scotty discuss what it can be like to introduce a Getting Things Done (GTD) system in to your life, as well as ways to think about the system you have and ways to continuously improve it.
Things we mention and love:
Getting Things Done
Nested Folders Episode 28: GTD Workflow Part I, Capture
Nested Folders Episode 29: GTD Workflow Part II, Clarify/Process and Organize
Nested Folders Episode 32: GTD Workflow Part III/IV: Review
Nested Folders Episode 33: GTD Workflow Part IV/V: Do/Engage
Hipster PDA
OmniFocus
Things
Nested Folders Episode 34: Fire Inspection Unnested
Nested Folders Episode 7: How to Do Productivity With Others (Who May or May Not)
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