Wai Hon has thought carefully about his workflow and how he can leverage Org-mode to make it as efficient and seamless as possible. He’s concerned mostly about task management so of course Org-mode is a perfect fit. He’s published a blog post that describes his workflow and his rationale for the choices he made.
He begins by listing the principles that he believes should govern his workflow. These include
- Be discriminating in what gets added as a task.
- Not every task needs to be completed.
- Minimize the number of “active” tasks, that is, those that are currently being worked on.
- Make deciding what task to do next as easy as possible.
The rest of his post describes how he uses these principles to build an effective Org strategy. Some of the details are interesting so it’s definitely worth taking a look at his post but there’s nothing that an experienced Org user will find surprising. An important part of the process is that he has a strict procedure for reviewing his tasks, deciding what to do next, and reviewing the results.
If you’re looking for ways that Org can help you get organized, take a look at Hon’s post; it’s got some good ideas that may help you out.