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Splitting your trusted system
jason.mcbrayer | Sep 28 2006
I've just gone from being self-employed to a regular full-time job. Lots of culture shock, of course, but the thing that is really stumping me is this. When I was self-employed, I kept all my projects, contexts, and actions in one trusted system --- Emacs Org-mode. This worked really well, and I was able to keep a full view of all the commitments in my life in front of me. My problem is that now I feel the need to split my system between work and everything else (home, hobbies, volunteering), because my computer at work, and everything on it, is the property of my employer and subject to monitoring, seizure, backups, folding, spindling, mutilating, etc. I have set up a work GTD system using Org mode as well (previously Monkey-GTD, but it didn't meet all of my needs). This system works well for tracking my work needs, but because I am at home so little (relatively speaking) now, I find that I do not check and update my home GTD system frequently enough to keep on top of my non-work commitments. Obviously, one needs only one trusted system, not a collection of them, which is my problem. I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem. How do other people deal with having to split their trusted system? 14 Comments
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 Understand your dilemma, Jason. ...Submitted by jasonechols on October 1, 2006 - 5:04pm.
Understand your dilemma, Jason. You have to do what works best for you. I am in a situation where my company allows its employees to use the web. Most of our work tools are web-based, in fact. All web hits are logged, but not monitored. Web hits are monitored if.. 1) there are enough attempts to hit "Access Denied" pages to raise suspision that a user is trying to access...ummm...inappropriate content 2) a co-worker complains about your internet use getting in the way of your work. I have seen a couple of employees get escorted out by security and their machines confiscated. This only happens after a period of monitoring and in these cases were for reason #1. Obviously, at this point, the employee is officially fired. No hope of coming back. Anyway, back on topic. Nice thing about GTD, it is about developing a system that works for you. David, in his writings, gives us a framework to work from and a set of fundamentals. After that, it is customizable to suit your needs. Let us know what you settle on for a solution. I am sure that others who face the same conundrum can benefit from your experience. jason.mcbrayer;6163 wrote: Keeping them logically separated isn't the problem for me. When I was working at home, I didn't have any trouble with that (well, no more than one would expect). The problem is keeping them physically separate. My work computer cannot be used for non-work purposes, and that includes non-work websites (actually, the firewall/filter is not terribly strict, but web use is subject to periodic auditing). And yes, I could almost certainly justify my use of an external site for project management, I just don't want to have to. It's a new job and I'm just getting a feel for the culture. » POSTED IN:
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