I have been using the "punch cards" for quite some time now, and have just developed a new wrinkle that is very useful to me that I thought I'd share.
I was just at a conference, and of course there's all these ideas that come out of it - books/articles to locate and read, people to contact, etc. Plus random stuff to do when I get back.
I took an extra index card (next time I'll take a special one in a different color) and labeled it "conference follow-up" and just listed all the stuff that I wanted to do after I got home. Everything from a book reference to emailing someone to replenishing the toothpaste in my travel bag.
Really eased my mind. I'll work the items into the daily cards or the general system, but I liked being able to capture all of it on the fly as I needed.
"Punch Cards" twist
I use the back of the card for things I can get to in the next day or so, or want to put on my master list... but I was at this particular conference for a LONG time, and it got tiresome re-copying it.
But I like having it as a separate card that "goes beside" my regular ones until I can do/capture everything on it.
But I like having it as a separate card that "goes beside" my regular ones until I can do/capture everything on it.