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A lot of people requested this: a form to create your own “Standards” sheet. So I built it, and now WeHaveStandards.com has two sheets you can make, at no charge (for now)!
The idea is to print this out on Sunday afternoon, in anticipation of your upcoming week. And you “design” the behavior of your week. So, you can start with simple stuff, like “Up and dressed by 8am”. And if you do it, you get a check, otherwise, give yourself an X.
It’s really simple, but if you stick with it, you can drastically affect your behavior. It’s a slow process … but it has to be slow, and if you’re patient, you can bring about real change. If you want to ‘make a difference’ in the world, this is where you start.
Feedback: jakelodwick+whs@gmail.com
#1: Setting up your list
#2: Using your list
I’m two hours late, but it was worth it. Had to finish!
Today I added “tabs” to NowDoThis. You can use them by putting a colon at the end of a line, turning that word into a tab. Anything below it will be “in” that tab.
Take a look at image #1 above. Once you hit “Ready”, you can switch between “Work” and “Before leaving” (via image #2).
I feel this improves NowDoThis by making it more flexible for concurrent projects, without disrupting its simplicity.
My brain is a little fried, so there may be bugs — please give it a test at v2.nowdothis.com and feedback me at jakelodwick+ndt@gmail.com if you want.
Also — I’m calling these daily posts “ResultsLog” instead of “Work Log”, for accuracy.
Good night!
My Standards system now comprises 7 separate sheets, as you can see, and I use all seven of them throughout the day, Monday - Friday.
Is this a pain in the ass? Yes — sort of. It’s a pain in the ass to set up every Sunday afternoon. It’s NOT a pain in the ass to use. It’s rewarding to use.
Last week I started work on WeHaveStandards.com, which will make it easy to create your own sheets, customized for you, by you, to print out. The “Themes List” is already available on the site, if you want a preview.
The tagline for the site is “Reprogram Yourself”. You’ve spent your entire life being told what to do by your family, your schools, your employers, the media, the government. You might be a little rusty when it comes to self-programming. My goal is to create tools that help you change that (if you want to).
Shoot me an email if you want to get on the mailing list, or just keep an eye here. It’s jakelodwick+whs@gmail.com.
Action.
NowDoThis
- Launched new version at v2.nowdothis.com, with nicer-looking UI and ability to create accounts so you can use the same list anywhere.
- I will continue to keep this site running until it’s proven reliable; then I will switch www.nowdothis.com to this site and host the old version at classic.nowdothis.com.
- Added Universal Records Database and The New York Times
- Example: Group and Mouth records on URDB
I’m testing a new version of my one-task-at-a-time todo list, NowDoThis. This interface is a bit cleaner and you can create an account (to access your list from multiple computers). Do it work for you?
I have nothing to show today. I did no work that you can see. I’m sorry.
Lyle Lodwick
Marc by Marc Jacobs S/S ‘10 Campaign
from Nylon Magazine | March 2010
Way to go, bro!
Now that I’m tracking my sleep, I’m starting to play detective. I can’t help wondering why I slept for 8 hours, 41 minutes last night instead of my usual 7 hours. Maybe it had to do with how vigorously I’ve been working, or the fact that my girlfriend is back from Africa. Or maybe it has nothing to do with those things. Figuring out the patters is probably a long process, and I bet it’s easy to jump to inaccurate conclusions.
Note: The two single “Wake” bars in the middle of my 4am “Deep” phase were errors; the headband was slipping off my forehead.
