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Nested Folders

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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 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!
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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 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!
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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) 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!
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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 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!
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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 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!
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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 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!
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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 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!
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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) 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!
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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 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!
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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) 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!

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