I already mentioned TreeSheets. The more time I spend with it, the more fascinating I find its idea. Here is an example what I like about it.  It was created with, you guess, yes, TreeSheets.

What I like about TreeSheets The idea Hierarchical Structured Compact presentation Intiutive GUI Easy to insert new cells Tricky ways to manipulate hierarchy My favorite: transposition left right <=> left right Formula handling More intuitive TreeSheets price qty total 2.5 3 1.5 * 4 2 6 10 6 9 sum 25 vs Other spreadsheets price qty total 2.5 4 10 3 2 6 1.5 6 9 Grandtotal: 25 Not documented yet

A key element of Autofocus is to pick a task from a list subconsiously, intuitively.  Or how Mark puts it, choose the task that stands out.  There are pages in my system that keep remaining active,  I have difficulty to choose what stands out, but I’m also reluctant to dismiss the whole page.  Here is how I managed to (subconsciously) work around this.  I scan the list, read each task, maybe pick one that doesn’t feel right.  Then I go out for something else, make a tea, make a pee, whatever.  And I notice my mind is busy with an item on the list, not the one I chose, but another one.  That’s my intuitive choice.

I’ve been trying Autofocus, Mark Forster’s new task management system.  I was quite anxious for a while that the system would discard important tasks.  So I kept looking for tasks on the first page to keep it alive.  Then it happened, a good half of the tasks got dismissed.  And it was a relief rather than a source of anxiety.

It’s a nice way to put — the system did the dirty job, discarding dead weight.  It’s actually my intuitive part that I’m growing to trust more and more.

Another challenge came yesterday when I realized at the end of the day that I hadn’t made a step in an important project due within a few days.  I spent my time on less urgent stuff instead.  That made me feel guilty, so I explored what I had actually done and what I hadn’t.  Here is the result,

• I spent much time on a writing project which is due later, but it needs a lot of preparation
• I worked on a less urgent project but it’s more important in the long run
• I spent a few hours reading Haskell-related stuff — it’s no work, but hey, it was Sunday after all, and too much work and no fun makes Jack a dull boy
• It turned out that the feature I wanted to implement in TaskBerry was too complex, a simpler solution would suffice

So I realized, Autofocus was right.  I can trust my intuition.