My coworker Deb finally convinced me to try a weekly spread instead of daily logs

She caught me flipping through 5 pages of random tasks last Tuesday at lunch and said "you're just making a mess, not tracking anything." So I tried her simple vertical layout with time slots, and now I actually finish stuff instead of writing the same reminder 3 times. Anybody else have a friend who called them out on a bad system?

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luna_sanchez10d ago

Bet that coworker saved you from building a whole graveyard of half-used notebooks. When someone points out my chaos, I get defensive at first, then grateful after.

shane_perry2921h ago

Wait, hang on. You actually get defensive when someone calls out your chaos? I thought everyone just nodded and pretended they had it under control. I'm the type who would probably snap back with something like "well at least my desk has character" before realizing they were actually trying to help me out. That graveyard line hits different though, half-used notebooks are basically the physical proof of my inability to finish anything I start.

ramirez.caleb10d ago

Maybe that coworker secretly liked picking up the pieces of your chaos lol.