2023-01-27: 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 …
2023-01-20: 249: Six Percent of Our Four Thousand Weeks In our penultimate episode, we focus on Oliver Burkeman’s book Four Thousand Weeks: Time …
2023-01-13: 248: The Beginning Of The End In this episode Jean and James talk about recent conversations which have led to a consequential …
2023-01-06: 247: In Case of Emergency: Publish This Episode In September 2020, we decided to record an “emergency backup” podcast. We wanted to have …
2022-12-30: 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. …
2022-12-23: 245: The Ad Hoc Year James and Jean decide not to assign themselves to-dos for the week between Christmas and New Year, …
2022-12-16: 244: Moving From Coast To Coast In this episode Jean describes her recent experiences helping family members with a cross-country …
2022-12-09: 243: Updating My Most Expensive iPhone Accessory James updated his car for several reasons, not the least of which is wireless CarPlay support. On …
2022-12-02: 242: Clandestine Saint Nick In this episode, Jean describes how her family’s Secret Santa for adults has made the holiday season …
2022-11-25: 241: Indoor Plumbing, AirPods Pro, and Other Things We Are Thankful For As is our tradition in this season, we take a moment to express our gratitude for the things in our …
2022-11-18: 240: Journaling Intervention A few months back, Jean starting a journey of journaling with a goal of making it a daily habit. …
2022-11-11: 239: To Shop Or Not? Some Black Friday Tips James talks about a large Black Friday purchase he is making. Jean will not go Black Friday shopping …
2022-11-04: 238: Family Autofocus In this episode Jean and James both talk about unexpected travel plans due to family matters. The …
2022-10-28: 237: Tricks and Treats Included 🍫👻 In observance of the holiday, James and Jean discuss some hacks for Halloween. Figurative hacks …
2022-10-21: 236: Another Non-Guru This week Jean talks about a book she read recently about managing your home and how it resonated …
2022-10-14: 235: Dusting Off Our Digital Photo Albums James talks about the advantages of his digital photos, the collection that never needs dusting and …
2022-10-07: 234: This Episode May Be Habit-Forming Jean and James revisit the topic of habits as Jean tries to establish a regular practice of …
2022-09-30: 233: It's Just Happening Because It's Happening James and Jean talk about how things get done even if they don’t necessarily make it to our …
2022-09-23: 232: Deep Due Due In this episode Jean describes how she uses the app Due in her productivity workflow and her weekly …
2022-09-16: 231: The Cat’s MEOW and D23 Skidoo In this grab-bag episode, Jean and James talk about a variety of topics. Jean continues to refine …
2022-09-09: 230: Getting Rescued is a Multistep Project We celebrate our annual tradition of watching the Apple’s iPhone announcements and then …
2022-09-02: 229: Faux pas en place This week James and Jean talk about the importance of backup equipment and backup planning for …
2022-08-26: 228: Tree Swimming In this episode Jean describes about her recent experience in trying Forest Bathing, which James …
2022-08-19: 227: The Mystery of the Purloined AirTag James and Jean have been traveling quite a bit this summer. We take a moment to review travel hacks …
2022-08-12: 226: Donuts Of Control In this episode Jean and James talk about donuts of control, including recognizing things beyond …
2022-08-05: 225: BS is in the Eye of the Beholder James and Jean read an article critiquing Personal Knowledge Manager (PKM) and relate some of the …
2022-07-29: 224: Greetings From The Atlantic Time Zone In this episode James talks about his first trip to the Atlantic Time Zone in three years. Jean …
2022-07-22: 223: M.O.O.F. This week’s episode is a little shorter than usual, thanks to the summer temperatures that …
2022-07-15: 222: Flag And Forget In this episode, James talks about using a new product for hanging things on walls. Jean learns that …
2022-07-08: 221: Totting Up Next Steps To enhance her personal system for getting things done, Jean has added Tot to her collection of …
2022-07-01: 220: Back To Active Projects In this episode, James talks about adding some active projects after declaring ‘active project …
2022-06-24: 219: A MEOW Review 😺 Early this year, Jean decided to step back from the classic weekly review made popular by the GTD …
2022-06-17: 218: Organizational Debt In this episode James belatedly sees the parallels between technical debt in a software project and …
2022-06-10: 217: Disneyland for Developers James gives us a recap of the in-person WWDC event in Cupertino and the fun stuff he got to do this …
2022-06-03: 216: A Different Dub Dub Week Jean consolidates her digital photo libraries while James finally gets off the fence and sends an …
2022-05-27: 215: Fence Sitting Why is it that sometimes the simplest straightforward tasks don’t get done? James and Jean …
2022-05-20: 214: An Elderly Chihuahua Or Two In this episode Jean talks about a recent dog walking experience that did not go well. Jean and …
2022-05-13: 213: We Won't Forget You, iPod Apple’s announcement that the iPod will be discontinued gave us an opportunity to reminisce …
2022-05-06: 212: Squirreling The Mail Away This episode, James is recovering from a headcold and Jean gives some updates, including a …
2022-04-29: 211: Dog Walking For Productivity This week, James and Jean talk about side gigs and contract jobs, and we look at how these temporary …
2022-04-22: 210: Big Little News This episode is dedicated to Big Little News —accomplishing things that may be little in the grand …
2022-04-15: 209: Streak Tracking Pros and Cons This week we talk about tracking a daily goal, inspired by the web app doevery.day, by Barry …
2022-04-08: 208: Half A Decade In The Making This episode was over a half decade in the making. James tells the story of a recurring task that is …
2022-04-01: 207: Tab-It Stacking Workflows James and Jean talk about how they use the Safari Tab Groups feature, which syncs across their …
2022-03-25: 206: Busy Bees In this episode, Jean talks about her recent project of producing and hosting a geography bee …
2022-03-18: 205: Earn Big Bucks With This One Weird Trick Jean figures out why she’s been so resistant to opening up her accumulated physical mail and …
2022-03-11: 204: Peek Performance Recap This episode Jean and James talk about the announcements from this week’s Apple event. Discussions …
2022-03-04: 203: The M.E.O.W. System 😸 On this episode, Jean talks about her progress at adapting the weekly review process to work best …
2022-02-25: 202: A Bit More Than One Pomodoro In this episode Jean and James talk about their experiences trying out the Pomodoro Method—a …
2022-02-18: 201: Mind Like Mashed Potatoes This week, Jean talks about her project of adapting the classic weekly review to fit her style and …
2022-02-11: 200: Two Hundred Weeks In A Row To mark the occasion of the 200th weekly episode, James and Jean talk about favorite moments and …
2022-02-04: 199: I Think My Brain Is Not Working Right This week, Jean talks about journaling and how she was inspired by David Sparks’ recent …
2022-01-28: 198: Questions About Eight Things In this episode, Jean and James revisit James’ Eight Things from a couple of episodes back. Jean has …
2022-01-21: 197: Curbing Clutter With Pretend Possessions James and Jean pay more attention to their weekly to-dos than usual. Also, James has done the math, …
2022-01-14: 196: Eight Things In this episode James tells Jean about a whiteboard exercise that he went through a while back where …
2022-01-07: 195: Plenty To Do In 2022 Jean and James return from the holidays with some thoughts on the new year. Jean is looking at …
2021-12-31: 194: Eschewing the To-Doing 🎉 This week, our Weekly To-Do was “kick back,” and we both succeeded. We’ve both had …
2021-12-24: 193: A Very MacBook Pro Christmas Jean and James talk about the gifts they gave themselves this year— Apple Silicon MacBook Pros. What …
2021-12-17: 192: The Return of The Organizing Fairy Godmother Both Jean and James moved since the last episode, Jean permanenently to another apartment in her …
2021-12-10: 191: Don’t Cry Over Spilled Gravy This episode is inspired by an anecdote Jean recently heard from a friend about a kitchen mishap …
2021-12-03: 190: The Gift Card Project 🧑🏼🎄 This week, James and Jean talk about some holiday gift ideas: things we would like to give, things …
2021-11-24: 189: Thankful for Things Big and Small It’s Thanksgiving week in the United States, an opportunity to think about what we are …
2021-11-19: 188: Nobody Likes Lurking Devastation In this week’s episode, James tells Jean the story of how the fate of a five dollar connector can …
2021-11-12: 187: You Can't Take It With You We talk about the Ultimate Productivity Lesson, prompted by Ridwan in his post on the brevity of …
2021-11-05: 186: Holy Crap, It's November! As the year winds down to its final two months, Jean and James discuss where 2021 has gone. …
2021-10-29: 185: Dune Was Not On My To-Do List This week, James comes to us from Hawai’i, where he is mostly on vacation. His weekly to-do …
2021-10-22: 184: MacBook Pros and Cons James and Jean have known for a while that Apple would be releasing new MacBook Pro laptops. That …
2021-10-15: 183: The Post-Productivity Hangover What happens after you finish that big project? How do you feel afterwards? This episode Jean and …
2021-10-08: 182: The Big Reveal Coincidentally, both James and Jean launched their unannounced projects this week, and now they can …
2021-10-01: 181: Unannounced Projects In this episode Jean and James allude to some projects they are working on but aren’t able to …
2021-09-24: 180: Dancing The Year Away We are celebrating James’ first anniversary of establishing his Dance Party! habit. 🥳 What …
2021-09-17: 179: The One With The iPhone 13 In this episode Jean and James talk about the recent Apple event and whether any of the newly …
2021-09-10: 178: Tales Of The Unexpected In this episode Jean takes a first action that snowballs into accomplishing a whole project. James …
2021-09-03: 177: Back to Basics 📝 It’s back-to-school season, which sparks Jean to review her GTD strategy and to re-evaluate …
2021-08-27: 176: Minimum Viable Episode This week, James and Jean met up in person at the 360|iDev conference in Denver. Despite the thin …
2021-08-20: 175: On The Road Again Jean and James are both heading to 350iDev in Denver next week and have chosen their weekly todos …
2021-08-13: 174: Full Stack Disappointment Jean and James talk about how things at a macro level, like the pervasive spread of the Delta …
2021-08-06: 173: Getting Things (or The Overdue Shopping Spree) Shopping for new Apple products was a big topic this week. Jean is ready to splurge on the AirPods …
2021-07-30: 172: Things of Future Passed Jean and James talk about the dilemna of things that hold sentimental value or other meaning. After …
2021-07-23: 171: Until It Happens, It Hasn't Happened James and Jean muse about what constitutes a finished project, how priorities shift when …
2021-07-16: 170: In The Ballpark This episode Jean and James are in the ballpark of closing loops in progress. Jean moves closer to …
2021-07-09: 169: Leaky Open Loops and Organizing Fairy Godmothers: Followup This week brings followup! Is James’ plumbing truly fixed? Is Jean’s house finally …
2021-07-02: 168: Cascading Household Mysteries In this episode Jean and James talk about open loops that aren’t tasks to be done but …
2021-06-25: 167: Working With A Professional Organizer Jean talks about her experience over the last month, working with a professional organizer to clear …
2021-06-18: 166: Email Avalanche In this episode Jean and James talk about recovering after a week focusing on the Apple Worldwide …
2021-06-11: 165: Our Shortest Episode Yet We didn’t do a weekly review, but we really focused on the important must-dos this week. James …
2021-06-04: 164: Short On Time In one of the least lengthy episodes in the series Jean and James talk about the things that …
2021-05-28: 163: Spoiler Alert In the face of massive projects, such as the Live Near WWDC Show and moving house, Jean and James …
2021-05-21: 162: The To-Do That Keeps On To-Doing This time around, James‘ weekly to-do spills over into the rest of the episode. It’s the …
2021-05-14: 161: Dusting Off The Packing List Having a checklist for a recurring project is a good way to free your mind from worrying about small …
2021-05-07: 160: Venturing Out In this episode Jean and James talk about how life is beginning to change as they and so many others …
2021-04-30: 159: Get Out Of Jail Free Card James found the “get out of jail free card,” and Jean is happy to use it. Upon rereading …
2021-04-23: 158: The Most Productive Color In this episode Jean and James discuss the announcments from the recent Apple ‘Spring …
2021-04-16: 157: The Shadow Someday/Maybe List Strikes Jean made a big decision this week. After 13 years, she’s moving—and that wasn’t a …
2021-04-09: 156: Plentiful and Precious This episode Jean and James talk about their most plentiful and precious digital assets—photos. Jean …
2021-04-02: 155: Showing Up We started this episode out without a specific topic, but that didn’t stop us from reviewing …
2021-03-26: 154: Passwords Aplenty This episode, Jean and James talk about their strategies for managing passwords. Both have …
2021-03-19: 153: Contacts Zero This week we turn our attention to one of those essential but often cluttered repositories: our …
2021-03-12: 152: Wintery Mix With spring fast approaching, Jean and James discuss a variety of topics in the waning weeks of …
2021-03-05: 151: A Big Bowl of Open Loops Life may be just a bowl of cherries…but it’s also filled with the open loops that sap …
2021-02-26: 150: We’ve got nothing For the 150th episode, Jean and James talk about enhancing your productivity by a seemingly …
2021-02-19: 149: Emergency Planning, Winter Edition Inspired by the winter weather emergencies in Oregon and Texas, James and Jean revisited the topic …
2021-02-12: 148: Pandemiversary As we approach the anniversary of when many locations began shutting things down due to the …
2021-02-05: 147: The Big Life Questions Episode It’s the last episode in our consideration of the planning horizons above where we mostly …
2021-01-29: 146: Far Out Vision Continuing on the path of ever-widening horizons, Jean and James move on from one- to two-year goals …
2021-01-22: 145: One- to Two-Year Goals We continue our review of GTD’s Six-Level Model For Reviewing Your Own Work, and this week we …
2021-01-15: 144: Areas of Focus Following last episode about the Six Horizons of Focus, Jean and James begin their ascent through …
2021-01-08: 143: Lost Horizons How do you decide what to do next? In Getting Things Done, David Allen talks about several …
2021-01-01: 142: A Little Bit of Soul In this episode, Jean and James talk about the recently released Pixar movie Soul. The conversation …
2020-12-25: 141: Holiday Surprise Inside 😹🎄🌟 A short episode for Christmas week, which not a time known for productivity discipline. We each …
2020-12-18: 140: Habit Trainers In this episode, Jean and James dig deeper into building habits. James makes the case that Habit …
2020-12-11: 139: A Very Friendly Competition We met some goals this week, just not the goals we said we would meet on our last episode. We talk …
2020-12-04: 138: Getting Stuff Accomplished In this episode Jean and James both find themselves accomplishing things even as they neglect …
2020-11-27: 137: We Don't Pretend to Be Plumbers During this holiday week in the U.S., James and Jean take time to reflect on things they are …
2020-11-20: 136: Macs And An Adorable HomePod Jean and James can’t resist talking about the newly announced M1 Macs and the adorable HomePod mini. …
2020-11-13: 135: The Deluge of Email Solicitations We’re starting to get over our election year anxiety, and now we can get back to getting …
2020-11-06: 134: Productivity and Pets Past and Present This week in the midst of the stress of awaiting election results, Jean’s beloved guinea pig …
2020-10-30: 133: Don't Let The Season Get You Down Some things got done. Some things did not. Getting anything accomplished in this last week of …
2020-10-23: 132: A Week in the Life 2020 Despite continuing to stay at home during the global pandemic, in this episode Jean and James find …
2020-10-16: 131: A Little Mystery is a Good Thing in a Podcast This week, Jean had a secret weekly to-do, in addition to the one she announced last week. James …
2020-10-09: 130: I’ve Got A Friend In Me In this episode James shares a quotation about meditation that he heard during a Mindful Qi Gong …
2020-10-02: 129: Intentions are No Match for Habits Jean is reading the book Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood, and it is providing many insights …
2020-09-25: 128: Dance Party! In this episode, Jean and James talk about trying to establish regular exercise as a habit. James …
2020-09-18: 127: Productivity, Fitness, and What's New From Apple James and Jean review the latest Apple product announcements and consider which new devices and …
2020-09-11: 126: Saneboxing In this episode, James talks about his experiences using SaneBox for the past few years. With his …
2020-09-04: 125: We're the Friendly Productivity Podcast Picking up some steam after last week’s episode, James is on a streak of two weekly reviews in …
2020-08-28: 124: Downtime and Cat Productivity This episode Jean and James talk about times when you are not feeling well but still feel guilty for …
2020-08-21: 123: Emergency Planning As severe lightning, power outages, a heat wave, and numerous fires affect California, Jean and …
2020-08-14: 122: Sparking Motivation In this episode, James and Jean explore the connection between action and motivation, which relates …
2020-08-07: 121: Procrastivity Jean and James talk about procrastinating on one task by making progress on another. Using this …
2020-07-31: 120: Make It Easy This week, James and Jean talk about small changes we have made lately to improve productivity …
2020-07-24: 119: Serious Actions Jean and James follow up on episode 113: Turn Good Intentions Into Next Actions and discuss using …
2020-07-17: 118: Adjusting Seasonal Expectations James and Jean look at how adjusting expectations can have a positive effect on motivation and …
2020-07-10: 117: Suddenly This Summer In this episode Jean and James talk about experiencing a very different summer than most. Jean is …
2020-07-03: 116: Maybe It Wasn’t The Travel In this episode Jean and James talk about their experiences with this year’s online Apple …
2020-06-26: 115: The Liki Song Project 🌴 This week, we focus on James’ epic short project, a video presentation of The Liki Song, …
2020-06-19: 114: It Has Been 399 Days Since The Topic Was Email When this podcast launched, James and Jean talked a lot about managing email, because their inboxes …
2020-06-12: 113: Turn Good Intentions Into Next Actions In this episode Jean and James talk about ways to use your trusted system to continue supporting …
2020-06-05: 112: Not Alright James and Jean talk about the trouble with focusing when work commitments don’t feel relevant …
2020-05-29: 111: Habitually Speaking This week Jean and James talk about the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. James just finished …
2020-05-22: 110: The Pitfalls of Distorted Thinking: Quarantine Edition Jean and James revisit the 15 Styles of Distorted Thinking, discussed in Episode 81, and note how …
2020-05-15: 109: A Little Routine After spending a number of weeks at home, Jean and James reflect on how routines have become a …
2020-05-08: 108: Self-Recrimination is a Lousy Productivity Strategy This episode’s “Weekly To-Do” morphed into a full-fledged topic, as Jean recounts …
2020-05-01: 107: Who is sending me work?!? This episode explores some ways that even pleasant surprises can upend your plans. James tells the …
2020-04-24: 106: Bathing Suit Not Required James and Jean have their second week of “The Weekly To Do,” a new feature (with a bonus …
2020-04-17: 105: The Weekly To Do-woo-woo In this episode, Jean and James dive into the new “Weekly Accountability Task” segment of the …
2020-04-10: 104: It's Not A Competition On our 100th episode, we announced that we were going to add a weekly check-in on a specific task to …
2020-04-03: 103: Handle With Care In this episode, Jean and James discuss topics from two articles. One talks about resisting putting …
2020-03-27: 102: The 2020 Cancellations-At-A-Glance Wall Calendar This week Jean talks about how she looks forward to doing her weekly review now, even though a lot …
2020-03-20: 101: Operating In A New Context This episdoe Jean and James talk about how they are adjusting to changes due to COVID-19. The …
2020-03-13: 100: One Hundred Weeks of Organizational Fun To mark the occasion of the 100th episode, James and Jean talk about our favorite moments and …
2020-03-06: 99: The Clean Slate Revisited In this episode the topics range from the practical to the fanciful. James and Jean revisit the …
2020-02-28: 98: James Has News James announces that he has completed a weekly review after a spell of not doing one (while being …
2020-02-21: 97: A Very Emoji Episode This episode Jean talks about progress on her proposal to add a guinea pig emoji, including the …
2020-02-14: 96: A Shoddy Review Is Better Than No Review At All Thanks to an email from a listener, Jean did a weekly review this week on the theory that it’s …
2020-02-07: 95: Beautiful Streamer Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+ and more. With the proliferation of streaming …
2020-01-31: 94: The Clean Slate State Inspired by an article by J.D. Roth of Get Rich Slowly, Jean and James talk about the appealing …
2020-01-23: 93: How DID Mom and Dad Manage? This week, we ask the question: how exactly did our parents manage their tasks? Both James and Jean …
2020-01-17: 92: Cat Bombed, with Special Guest Dexter In this episode Jean and James set out to talk about including follow-up tasks in projects to make …
2020-01-10: 91: A Space Alien Would Lie About Finishing A Weekly Review We start off this year answering a listener question about when and why to use Due versus Omnifocus …
2020-01-03: 90: A High Resolution Year It’s the beginning of a brand new year and in this episode Jean and James take a look back at 2019 …
2019-12-27: 89: Baffle The Next Recipient The holiday season can be a time to gather together with those we care about. It can also be a …
2019-12-20: 88: The Gift of Doing Nothing The holiday season is in full swing. Did you forget to get yourself a gift? Here’s a …
2019-12-13: 87: Reviewing Our 2020 Calendar Strategies, with Special Guest David Sparks We have a special guest this week: David Sparks from the podcast Focused, among many others. David …
2019-12-06: 86: December is A Write-Off (and so is June, July, November and January) James and Jean talk about that awkward year-end period, wedged between two major holidays in the …
2019-11-29: 85: A Thankful Techsgiving During this Thanksgiving week episode Jean and James talk about things they are thankful for. This …
2019-11-22: 84: Productivity À La Mode In this episode Jean and James talk about different modes of operation. James observes a …
2019-11-15: 83: A Different Perspective Jean attended WordCamp Seattle over the weekend to catch up with the latest topics of interest in …
2019-11-08: 82: Tasks From The Vault In this episode, Jean and James talk about some items that have on their project lists for a long …
2019-11-01: 81: The Productivity Pitfalls of Distorted Thinking This week, James and Jean talk about a tool used in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: “15 Styles …
2019-10-25: 80: Groove Is In The Heart This episode Jean and James talk about getting back into the groove. As Jean continues to recover …
2019-10-18: 79: Giving Yourself Rudimentary Instructions This week, James and Jean talk about big projects that have been on their lists a while and finally …
2019-10-11: 78: Productivity/Fun Balance At Release Notes Still coping with post-travel and time zone exhaustion, Jean and James recap some of their favorite …
2019-10-04: 77: Packing List Power For this international episode, James was in Cancun in advance of the Release Notes conference while …
2019-09-27: 76: Excavating Open Loops James and Jean are on a streak of doing their weekly reviews! As we reread the original GTD book, we …
2019-09-21: 75: iPhone Season In this episode find out if Jean and James’ remarkable weekly review streak continues. Since …
2019-09-13: 74: Tags and Flags About a year ago OmniFocus 3 for Mac added the ability to add multiple tags to projects and actions. …
2019-09-06: 73: If It's More Than Once, It's a Streak James and Jean have completed their weekly reviews for two weeks in a row! 🎉 This week we talk about …
2019-08-30: 72: The Weekly Review Times Two How does it feel to do a weekly review after a long hiatus? That’s the topic of discussion for …
2019-08-23: 71: Processing That Giant Stack of Physical Mail There are some great online tools to deal with email inboxes, but what can be done about all the …
2019-08-16: 70: The Mid-Air Refinery While criss-crossing the country in July, James listened to the Getting Things Done audio book. In …
2019-08-09: 69: The Odyssey of the Ford Taurus This week we turn our focus from Jean’s “tumble in Trieste” to James’ latest adventure …
2019-08-01: 68: Lessons from ‘The Tumble In Trieste’ This episode follows up on Jean’s mishap on her trip with Jean discussing some reflections and …
2019-07-26: 67: Putting the Trip into Day Trip In this episode Jean tells the story of her ill-fated day trip to Trieste, where she injured herself …
2019-07-19: 66: Traveler’s Checks and Balances For this episode, Jean is in Slovenia and James is about to take a trip to the east coast. Jean …
2019-07-12: 65: Travel Can Be Habit Forming Lep pozdrav iz Ljubljane! / Greetings from Ljubljana! 🇸🇮 In our first intercontinental podcast …
2019-07-05: 64: Making Peace With The Last Minute Leaving things to the last minute is the bête noire of the organized person, right? But Jean and …
2019-06-28: 63: Still In My Head James is finding that even thought it has been a number of weeks since WWDC, he is still living in …
2019-06-21: 62: Spontaneity and GTD Jean leads off a discussion about the delight of making spontaneous plans and how to decide whether …
2019-06-14: 61: Post-WWDC Wrap Up and Twitting Quitter This week Jean and James talk about their time at WWDC 2019. Bringing a long-planned project to its …
2019-06-07: 60: Renegotiating Commitments Your trusted system holds commitments you have made to others and also to yourself. From there, you …
2019-05-31: 59: The WWDC Week In Review Preview James and Jean review their plans for WWDC week in San Jose, and what is still on their to-do lists. …
2019-05-24: 58: Talking About App Camp For Girls This past week, App Camp For Girls announced some difficult news. In this episode, Jean talks about …
2019-05-17: 57: I Have To Laugh So we lasted a whole five weeks since our Emailiversary show (Ep. 52) before we took up the topic of …
2019-05-10: 56: Whelmed As the annual James Dempsey and the Breakpoints LIVE near WWDC benefit concert for App Camp For …
2019-05-03: 55: Decluttering Sentimental Junk Jean returns from a week in Florida with her dad and siblings, where they took on the task of …
2019-04-26: 54: A Very Tasty Pepper With Special Guest Ish ShaBazz Jean and James talk with Ish ShaBazz, an app developer whose company Illuminated Bits recently …
2019-04-19: 53: A Personal Investment In this episode Jean and James discuss how finding the right tool or appliance can change your daily …
2019-04-12: 52: Emailiversary It’s been a whole year since Jean and James started their quest to get their email inboxes …
2019-04-05: 51: Someday/Maybe (or Maybe Not) Domain Names Jean and James continue to ferret out overlooked inboxes and lists as part of our efforts to make …
2019-03-29: 50: Fifty! Jean and James celebrate their 50th episode by actually doing full weekly reviews. The discussion …
2019-03-22: Apologies! We uploaded the wrong episode to the feed today. Those responsible (ahem, @macgenie) have …
2019-03-22: 49: This Was Supposed To Be The Fun Part Of The Week As James continues to identify the points of friction that have hindered regular weekly review …
2019-03-15: 48: Diagnosing Some Review Avoidance The weekly review is a key piece of keeping your trusted system humming along, but it can also feel …
2019-03-08: 47: The Time-Sensitive Micro Project This week, Jean tells James about her latest productivity strategy, the micro project, and how she …
2019-03-01: 46: Finding, Keeping, and Dusting This week Jean and James discuss collections and the seemingly conflicting goals of accumulating …
2019-02-22: 45: See What Happens When You Leave The House! By definition, curveballs are not anticipated and they don’t fit neatly into your time …
2019-02-15: 44: Not The Best Week This week Jean and James discuss those unexpected things in life that can mentally and emotionally …
2019-02-08: 43: You Can Always Make More Money This week, we look at some principles of budgeting your money and whether these principles can also …
2019-02-01: 42: LIfe, the Universe and What's In Our Junk Drawers In this episode, our interpid organizers delve into that alternate dimension that seems to defy …
2019-01-25: 41: Productivity + Fun = PodCon 2 in Seattle James and Jean are back from PodCon 2 in Seattle, a gathering of podcasters and podcast fans of all …
2019-01-18: 40: Organizational Fatigue In this episode, Jean and James talk about those times when organizational fun turns into …
2019-01-11: 39: A Very Long Story, With Special Guest Rosemary Orchard We have a special guest this week, Rosemary Orchard, co-author of Build Your OmniFocus Workflow. …
2019-01-04: 38: Doing What Comes Naturally As the new year begins, Jean and James review the model of natural planning described in our …
2018-12-28: 37: We Are Doing This For All Eternity As the year 2018 draws to a close, Jean and James decide to take a week off from worrying about the …
2018-12-21: 36: Holiday Grab Bag In this episode Jean and James reach into the holiday grab bag to see what they will find. Topics …
2018-12-14: 35: James Is My Trusted System Jean and James do a trusted system status review. Are we still keeping in our heads? (Spoiler alert: …
2018-12-07: 34: The Biggest Of Projects Jean and James talk about making bigger plans that go beyond keeping on top of the day to day …
2018-11-30: 33: On The Hunt For The Perfect To-Do List App, with guest Aleen Simms The Weekly Review welcomes its first guest! Aleen Simms, founder of App Launch Map and long-time App …
2018-11-26: This morning @jamesdempsey is getting to inbox zero at The Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland. …
2018-11-23: 32: Over The River and Through The Security Checkpoint For the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Jean and James talk about travel tips, flight anxiety, and …
2018-11-16: 31: Holiday Hacks and Productivity Gifts James and Jean share little ideas and hacks for making the holidays less stressful. We also take a …
2018-11-09: 30: Being A Better Capturer-er In this episode Jean and James talk about the capture phase—getting things out of your head and into …
2018-11-02: 29: No Trusted System Can Overcome Human Incompetence Trick or treat? It’s the week of Halloween and a major Apple product announcement, aka two …
2018-10-26: 28: The Big Email Processing Episode In this bonus-length episode Jean and James compare and contrast two services they use to keep their …
2018-10-19: 27: Do You Know What's Next? Jean and James trade stories of productivity milestones, as well as tasks they need help with. Jean …
2018-10-12: 26: Apps We Use: Built-In or Third-Party? Jean and James discuss that dilemna of the digital age: Use third-party apps or the apps built-in to …
2018-10-05: 25: I Feel The Need, The Need For Feeds Jean and James explore the potential for increased productivity by incorporating RSS feeds into …
2018-09-28: 24: What's The Forecast? A Special Extra Episode of TWR Episode 23 was all about getting started with our new iPhones and iOS 12. But there was other big …
2018-09-28: 23: The Greatest Productivity (And Anti-Productivity) Tool The World Has Known Recorded on September 21, the Autumnal Equinox or, as we know it, iPhone Delivery Day. James’s …
2018-09-21: 22: Perspectives on Perspectives Jean and James share their excitement for the upcoming releases of macOS Mojave and OmniFocus 3 for …
2018-09-14: 21: A Day Without A Dot 🎉 Organizational fun begins with the calendar. James and Jean talk about the journey from paper to …
2018-09-07: 20: Organizationiversary This week James celebrates his one year organizationiversary! Jean and James mark the occassion by …
2018-08-31: 19: That's Too Devious, Jean This week we take a deep dive into managing a particular type of unwanted email, the many messages …
2018-08-24: 18: Extreme Measures For Mundane Tasks In this episode Jean and James recount tales of cross-country relocation and new car purchases …
2018-08-17: 17: Laundry Can Be Motivating This week, we talk about the crucial role of laundry as a step in getting back on track after a …
2018-08-09: 16: The Unbearable Lightness of OmniFocus Bankruptcy Recuperation and recommitting is the theme this week. Jean has been under the weather and James has …
2018-08-05: 15: Reboot and Refine Jean returns from her trip to Chicago and talks about being on the verge of archiving her Omni Focus …
2018-07-27: 14: Profit! This week Jean reports on re-initializing her trusted system and discovers that processing papers …
2018-07-20: 13: Initial Capture Redux This week, Jean reviews her plans and reasons for starting over with GTD. She shares her ideas with …
2018-07-13: 12: Half A Gold Star Following on the conversation from last episode, Jean and James each find themselves mid-way through …
2018-07-06: 11: No Gold Stars For Us This Week Prompted by our sad admission that neither of us has done our weekly review this week, we get back …
2018-06-29: 10: Flat Surfaces This week, Jean and James discuss some approaches to keeping the flat surfaces in your home and …
2018-06-22: 9: We're Not Gurus This week we reply to our first listener question about processing and batching incoming email. We …
2018-06-14: 8: The Usual Monkey Wrench This week Jean and James record out of the studio for the first time. They talk about how their …
2018-06-08: 7: Red Hot Poker Mode This week, Jean and James talk about the phone context and how phone calls can be as enticing as a …
2018-06-01: 6: Productivity Nerd Christmas This week, we celebrate James’s extraordinary accomplishment of reaching Inbox Zero, down from …
2018-05-25: 5: A Container of Pebbles This week, Jean and James discuss attempting to bounce back from weeks that turn out far from …
2018-05-18: 4: Backsliding, Deferred This week, James and Jean review their respective crazy weeks (ukulele conference! three nights of …
2018-05-11: 3: Brute Forcing Our Way To Inbox Zero This week, James and Jean look at that gaping maw that devours time and motivation that we call …
2018-05-04: 2: Making Space For What Is Truly Important The true test of a system is whether it works when the going gets tough. Our well-planned recording …
2018-04-29: 1: My Whole House Is An Inbox Welcome to the first episode of The Weekly Review. Whether you are new to task management or you’ve …