So, I decided to give this MMF thing a go. Everyone was talking about it, you know? How it was supposed to be the next big thing for getting stuff done, making you super efficient and all that jazz.
I figured, okay, let’s see what all the fuss is about. I had this little side project I was tinkering with, nothing too massive, and thought, right, I’ll try and run it using MMF. See if it actually delivers on the promises.
Getting Started with MMF
First off, I tried to wrap my head around the whole MMF philosophy. Watched a few videos, skimmed a couple of blog posts. Seemed pretty straightforward on paper, almost too simple. They really made it sound like a piece of cake.
Then came the actual setting it up. Man, that was a bit more fiddly than I expected. Took me a good solid evening just to get the tools, if you can even call them that, all lined up. And to be honest, I wasn’t even 100% sure I was doing it the “right” MMF way. The instructions were a bit vague, more like a bunch of loose guidelines than a proper step-by-step manual.
Day-to-Day with MMF
Alright, so I dived in. Every morning, I’d sit down and really try to stick to the MMF process. It seemed to be all about breaking every single thing down. Into these tiny, tiny little tasks. And then, you were supposed to track every single one of them. Or at least, that’s the impression I got.
But here’s the kicker. My project, it wasn’t always neat and tidy. Ideas would pop into my head at random times, or requirements would shift unexpectedly. Trying to cram all that chaotic real-world stuff into MMF’s rigid structure felt like trying to force a square peg into a round hole. It got pretty frustrating, fast. I felt like I was spending more time managing the MMF system itself than actually doing the real work.
- I’d make lists of tasks.
- Then I’d have to redo those lists because they didn’t quite fit what MMF said they should look like.
- Then I’d waste time second-guessing if I was even following MMF “correctly.”
Some days, it just felt like I was going through the motions. Ticking off boxes just because the MMF system told me to, not because it was genuinely helping me make progress or solve problems.
So, What Happened?
After slogging through this for a good few weeks, I finally took a step back and had a proper look. What had I actually accomplished? Was I any more productive? Honestly, not really. Maybe, just maybe, I was a tiny bit faster on some really specific, mind-numbing repetitive tasks. But for the parts that needed creativity, or for tackling unexpected problems? MMF felt more like a ball and chain.
It’s often the case with these systems, MMF included. They look fantastic in theory, probably dreamed up by folks who think life works in perfectly straight lines. But real life, my actual projects, they’re messy. They’ve got curves, bumps, and sudden U-turns. MMF just wasn’t built to handle that kind of flexibility, at least not for me and the way my brain works.
My Takeaway from the MMF Experiment
So, did I just chuck MMF out the window completely? Well, not quite. I’m not usually one to throw the baby out with the bathwater. I actually found a couple of small ideas from the whole MMF thing that made a bit of sense. Like, the general idea of breaking down some of the really huge tasks into smaller chunks, that was pretty useful. But the super strict tracking, the constant need to categorize everything perfectly? Nah, that just wasn’t for me.
I ended up kind of mashing those few useful bits together with my old, comfortable way of doing things. It’s my own unique, slightly chaotic, hybrid system now. It probably wouldn’t make a lick of sense to anyone else, but hey, it works for me. And at the end of the day, that’s all that really matters, isn’t it?
Guess there’s no magic bullet or one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to this stuff. You’ve just got to experiment, try things out, see what clicks for you, and build your own personal toolkit. This whole MMF journey was just another lesson in that, I suppose. A bit of a time sink, maybe, but at least I know now what doesn’t work for me, and I picked up a thing or two along the way.
