Putting the cool back into law school
From the category archives:
Last year, I wrote a post a couple days before the end of the year about Old Year’s Resolutions. Instead of tackling the big hairy year-long odyssey that is a New Year’s Resolution, why not start with making one change for the end of the year?
I didn’t figure out or stumble upon the concept until [...]
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This post was written a while ago in anticipation of NaNoWriMo.
A post on Lawyerist about how to minimize the risk of data loss when working with cloud computing got me thinking about how much of your law school work could be pushed to the cloud. Personally, I think the files on the average personal hard [...]
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When November comes around, it means the second act of the three act play of a law school semester is about to start. November might start the final third of the law school semester, but finals deserve their own act.
In the first two months of a semester, the groundwork is laid. Basics are learned, reading [...]
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“Procrastination is like masturbation. In the end, you’re just screwing yourself.”
I think as law students sit here and read this blog, may putting off some work as they do so, they get this. You understand that you’re already overwhelmed by school work alone, not to mention the other million things you need to do. It [...]
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There’s nothing like advice from Jansen to reenergize me to keep blogging after I missed a whole week because work got insane. Saturday, Jansen posted five bits of advice on productivity. The problem is that around this time, 1Ls start to panic. Work is piling up and the new car smell of law school is [...]
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After about three weeks, it’s time to wrap up this series. I’ve argued why I think Getting Things Done is a useful system for law students. We’ve walked through the five phases of the GTD workflow: collecting your stuff; processing your inboxes; organizing the results; reviewing the system regularly; and completing your tasks. I’ve also [...]
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Now that we’ve covered the basics of GTD, it’s time to get into implementation. I saved this toward the end of the series because too many people get hung up on implementing the system, just like too many people dive into an exercise program without planning it out first.
Collecting
For paper collection, have an inbox and [...]
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One consistent theme over this series has been to keep your eye on the prize. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and that saying definitely applies to personal productivity. So much time, effort and money has been spent on productivity systems that don’t go anywhere. Sure, they organize everything beautifully, but they [...]
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