The Circle – a simple ToDo System to Get more Things Done

Sigurdur Armannsson wrote in to invite us to an article he wrote last week about a simple to do organising
system for notebooks.

"this is the Circle system. It’s simple and it does not cost you anything and you don’t need to read a book about it. I (and you, when you have adopted the system) gain several things: A really reliable and fast working visual overview of the status of every project. I see instantly if a page has circles that are not fully filled. In a while you will notice that you try to get all the circles filled up so you don’t have to look back on older pages. You will be aware that you are actually getting more done. The circles are the proof...."

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Comments

[Anita]

lol, it sort of reminds me of the list and examples of "How not to fill in the bubble" for standardized fill in the bubble tests.

[Johnny]

LOL Anita:)

[Sophie Brown]

I don't know if I'll actually use this but there's some part of me that WANTS to. And it DOES look like on those tests. When I saw that you said that I really DID LOL.

[Lanzman]

Simple, elegant, and useful.

I'll never do it. :P

[Maria-Thérèse]

What if you delegate something, get it back, do it halfway only to find out it's been cancelled?

How can something that requires attention not also be important?

I suppose you could always do this in pencil.

Although I do think life and work are too big to fit into these little circles, no matter how great a sense of control you get from them ;)