I had a client who would challenge me by frequently wanting to change time management systems. When I came to his office he would want to apply all of the new things he had read about since we last met, and he wanted to spend all of our time together redoing his calendar and tasks… Read more »
Posts Tagged: GTD
How My Kindle Reduces Clutter, Saves Time & Keeps Me Slim
I am a Kindle fanatic, let's just get that out there. I am also an avid reader from way back…I taught myself how to juggle and do calligraphy from reading books when I was a kid. I LOVE BOOKS. So like many fellow bookworms, I did not expect to love the Kindle because it didn't… Read more »
Apology from a Mess Apologist
A few years ago, a series of articles and books were saying that there are good things about being messy, that we shouldn't "let the neat freaks push us around." (I wrote a little about it back then on this post called "The Mess Apologists.") One of the books was particularly snarky and unnecessarily insulting… Read more »
Ease Your Mind Using “The Bookmark Principle”
Last week I wrote about "The Poisonous Mental Clutter of Worry," and I wanted to write about another kind of mental clutter I see many people suffering from– the bad habit of keeping too many things in your head and not writing them down. Have you ever seen those circus performers who do plate spinning?… Read more »
R is for “Ready for Anything”
This is the last post in a series on our N.E.A.T.E.R. definition of what it means to be organized. For the last few weeks I have been talking more in depth about what each one of these words means. (You can click on any of these in the list below to jump to the previous posts.) Our… Read more »
Oh, Goody! It’s National Clean Out Your Files Month!
October is National Clean Out Your Files Month. I know, I know… it's so wonderful, but PLEASE, contain yourself! I typically recommend two times of the year to clean out your files. You can either do it now during its "appropriate" month, or you can do it in April right after you have done your… Read more »