Long-term planning

Another thing I'm trying to do at my new job is make/take more time for long-term planning. I've been dinged by mgt. for this in the past, and while it's not easy to hear I think there has been some validity to this. (My inclination is to concentrate hard on fixing the problems I'm faced with; giving up on something broken, even when doing so would make so much more sense and would free up resources to look for a replacement, just rankles and feels like...well, giving up.) Since the department I'm in is so new, it's even more important to pay attention to this.

Part of the problem is just recognizing that I need to make time. An hour a week to be isolated, and to (say) figure out what I'm going to need to do for the next month, is a habit I'm very conciously trying to adopt.

But another problem is how to keep track of all this. What I've done so far:

So where does that leave me? ATM, (paper planner Cycle) attempting some longer-term project tracking w/org-mode. I figure the TODO bits from org-mode will fit well with the planner, and the flexibility of Emacs and org-mode (different from paper...oh, how I wish I could grep paper) will work well for projects...the records for which should, ideally, be suitable for pasting into wiki-based documentation.

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. If I make it to LISA this year, I'll be looking for a BOF about this. (Or maybe I'll just tackle Tom Limoncelli to the ground and holler "I love you, man!" a la "Say Anything".)

Moving on:

And now it is time for bed.