Divining the future… no! DEFINING it!
Posted by Qrystal on January 1, 2008 at 23:56.
Category: Life. Tags: career, family, future, goals.
As I mentioned previously, this post has been in the ‘draft’ pile for quite a while. I’ve been tackling this entry sporadically, distracted by more and more things I want to say — and I know, I know, if I just could control the urge to say everything in [...] Continue Reading…
Situation drafty: but I’m cool in a good way
Posted by Qrystal on December 19, 2007 at 9:54.
Category: Life. Tags: future, progress, thesis.
I am in the midst of drafts of so many things, and I know that all I need to do is get them done so that I can move on. I also know that having so many things on the go is distracting me from getting any of [...] Continue Reading…
Mindmaps and mind mapping
Posted by Qrystal on November 28, 2007 at 22:55.
Category: Concepts. Tags: mindmapping.
I’ve recently realized the power of Mind Maps, (What’s a mindmap? and How to Get Started Immediately) and I have been using them for many different things. I suspect I’ll be using them a lot in the future, too, because they’re just so POWERFUL! I really encourage [...] Continue Reading…
The Fall of the Procrastimonster (Interlude)
Posted by Qrystal on November 20, 2007 at 17:45.
Category: Allegory. Tags: mindmapping, procrastination, task-management.
The Procrastimonster stumbled groggily towards our heroine, his breath steaming in the cold morning air. Our heroine stood her ground calmly, keeping her eyes fixed on the lumbering beast. When he was close enough that she could smell his rank odour, she casually drew her weapon and inspected [...] Continue Reading…
LaTeX LimeriX
Posted by Qrystal on November 9, 2007 at 15:40.
Category: Webmastering. Tags: geekiness, limerick, wordpress.
I just had to post this limerick, because I found it hilarious.. and because I want to play with WordPress’ ability to handle LaTeX expressions.
[tex]\int_{1}^{\sqrt[3]{3}}t^{2}dt\cdot\cos\frac{3\pi}{9}=\ln\sqrt[3]{e} [/tex]
(Hint: If you “speak math”, just say the expression out loud and it will fairly easily fall into the rhyming scheme of [...] Continue Reading…
The Fall of the Procrastimonster (Prelude)
Posted by Qrystal on October 27, 2007 at 1:21.
Category: Allegory. Tags: procrastination, task-management.
The battle against the Procrastimonster was not going well. Every potential weapon the heroine tried ended up doing more to keep the monster alive than to help destroy it, but she was very actively analyzing what went wrong.. or more precisely, how to make it go right.
It seemed [...] Continue Reading…
So what DO I want to do with my life?
Posted by Qrystal on October 24, 2007 at 14:50.
Category: Life. Tags: family, future, goals, mindmapping, time.
I’ve been feeling the pressure of time lately, and I know I am certainly not the first to be concerned about what the future will hold. I’m also not the first to worry about how my choices now will affect that future, nor the first to ask, “How will [...] Continue Reading…
To do, or Todoist…
Posted by Qrystal on October 11, 2007 at 20:26.
Category: Tools. Tags: GTD, task-management, web 2.0.
I am pretty sure that what I hate most about making decisions is the possibility of being wrong. I’ve been worrying today that my choice of Task Management App might have been the wrong choice, but I can’t quite put my finger on why. Every specific reason [...] Continue Reading…
Could this Productivity System be “The One”?!
Posted by Qrystal on October 10, 2007 at 14:24.
Category: Tools. Tags: GTD, task-management, web 2.0.
I’ll be the first to admit that I understand all the danger of mucking around with my productivity system, because I really should just be using it to Get Things Done. But when it just ain’t working, it just ain’t working.
I know my mindset has been improving, and [...] Continue Reading…
Just another Manic Monday…
Posted by Qrystal on October 8, 2007 at 13:09.
Category: Tools. Tags: productivity, task-management.
I am resisting the urge to treat today like a holiday, even though it is one. My husband works across the border, and thus gets a Thanksgiving holiday in November instead of October, and we usually go travelling that long weekend… which means I shouldn’t really take a [...] Continue Reading…