The following document describes how to use Carsten Dominik’s excellent org-mode Emacs package after the fashion of a pen-and-paper day planner.
For those curious, I was not brought up on time management in the era of the current GTD fad. I started with a hard-bound book filled with daily planning sheets, along with training and books supporting this method. I found it incredibly useful for the three or so years that I stuck with it, but ultimately discovered that only digital media can truly keep up with my ever-changing world. Thus began my quest for the ultimate, computer day planning package.
I’ve tried everything available for the Apple Mac, and have even started some of my own systems (see Emacs Planner), but nothing has fully satisfied me – which is to say, nothing has been able to keep me “on task”, rather than finally gathering dust on a digital bookshelf.
Enter org-mode. This handy system uses a fairly simple, single-file outlining paradigm, upon which it overlays concepts like due dates and priorities. I find its method both non-intrusive and easy to edit by hand, which are absolute necessities for me.
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