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Yes. The whiteboards at our office help us track everything and keep it visual. And we use lots of colours, so it’s easy to see what my jobs are, which are Ava’s which are Jimi’s, or which might involve two or all three of us.
We break the bigger jobs down into smaller chunks as well, so rather than crossing off one thing, we can see a series of accomplishments, all checked off, and we can also see where something is stuck, and then figure out why.
And this may seem odd, but years ago I read that prolific author Isaac Asimov had a bunch of typewriters in his office, and when he would get stuck on something, he’d jump to another typewriter, or ‘document’, and work on it. Nowadays the software lets us have as many documents open as we want. But I actually have two computers on my desk. One is for things I’m writing, the older one, with the older software, is where I keep lists, jot down ideas, check email, etc.. The act of shifting physically from one computer to the other does something for me.
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