Re: [O] Best practices to get reminders?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2015-04-08, at 11:55, Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden> wrote:

> Don't be ashamed, I'm sure we all use some software we're not proud
> of :)

It's not that I'm ashamed, it's that apparently it is forbidden to talk
about certain categories of software on this list, at least if you don't
talk about them in a derogatory manner.

> Something I've been considering, as part of a general attempt to get
> away from my computer a little bit more, is to print out an agenda each
> evening detailing the things I need to do the next day. So the last
> thing in the evening is taking stock of where I am, going through my Org
> files and figuring out what needs to be done, then scheduling things for
> the next day, then actually printing out the Agenda for the next
> morning. Sure, most of the stuff I need to do needs to be done on the
> computer, but if I can schedule even just one non-computer task for the
> first thing, and delay "assuming the position" in front of my keyboard
> just a bit, I think that's a win.

+1.  I do something similar (although I just write things down using
a pen and a piece of paper), though for a bit different reasons.

> Sure, I suspected when I wrote that that very few people actually reboot
> or restart Emacs every day...

;-)

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University