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5.0 • 12 Ratings
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Whether you are new to task management or you've fallen off the wagon a few times, this podcast is for you. Once a week, Jean and James review their progress toward a more organized (and less stressful) way of life, and talk about highlights, challenges, and questions. Sometimes they ask the experts to chime in. But the focus will always be on how two friends, who not productivity gurus, figure out how to make this system work for them longterm.
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250: My Whole House Is Still An Inbox
In this bonus-length final episode of The Weekly Review, Jean and James wrap up the series by recalling favorite projects finished and lessons learned since the podcast began. Thank you to all of our listeners who have joined us in this journey of personal productivity successes and setbacks. Although we are still not gurus, we hope our experiences have given you some insights and smiles along the way.
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249: Six Percent of Our Four Thousand Weeks
In our penultimate episode, we focus on Oliver Burkeman’s book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management For Mortals. Jean talks about how the book influenced her thinking about the time she spends. James reflects on the fact that we have spent 249 of these weeks so far making a podcast that we have both enjoyed.
Jean also mentioned the Yonks app, for counting time up or down, and We Croak for random daily reminders of mortality. -
248: The Beginning Of The End
In this episode Jean and James talk about recent conversations which have led to a consequential conclusion. The episode also includes topics such as cardboard boxes and getting your taxes done early as well as an implicit example of the word antepenultimate.
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247: In Case of Emergency: Publish This Episode
In September 2020, we decided to record an “emergency backup” podcast. We wanted to have one recording in the vault that we could publish if we were ever in danger of missing our weekly Friday publication deadline, because we hated the idea of breaking our perfect streak.
Due to various travel plans and a major life disruption (see Episode 246), this is the week we decided to break the glass and use our backup. The topic is evergreen: productivity lessons we learned in childhood. -
246: In Case Of Emergency: Bring Glasses
On Christmas Eve, Jean had to make a hasty departure from her apartment when a water pipe burst. Thankfully, Jean is safe and well although she is dealing with the aftermath of having an unexpected water feature appear in her living room. Jean and James talk about how the experience made Jean think a lot more about the short mental checklist of items to grab on the way out the door in an emergency.
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245: The Ad Hoc Year
James and Jean decide not to assign themselves to-dos for the week between Christmas and New Year, other than to take stock of what has turned out to be a busy year filled with things that weren’t exactly planned.
Customer Reviews
Not your typical productivity podcast
Jean and James are two of the genuinely nicest and most thoughtful people you could hope for, having an honest and down-to-earth discussion about what it really takes to build and foster a useful/practical task management process. It’s a refreshing take on the ideas of “productivity”, without any of the pretentiousness that usually comes with this space.
And if that’s not enough, the theme song is truly a delight! It's worth subscribing just to hear that in your feed once a week.
Great Intro, Content, and Outro
I've enjoyed following along with the GTD journey!
Friendly productivity tips
I always enjoy the friendly chatter of Jean and James, and every now and then I learn a good productivity tip as well. This conversational format is vastly preferable compared to listening to someone lecture me on GTD methodology.
A+ would subscribe again.