Posted on Sunday September 11, 2005 in Work
When it comes to personal organisation, it can not be said that there are a lack of tools on the market.
There are also a lot of toys.
One thing this wholw personal organisation thing has taught me is that being organised should not take you a lot of time. I could spend days inputting all my information into Mozilla Sunbird. Or I could spend days drafting detailed Next Action lists, project folders and other such GTD candy.
I have installed so many apps on my computer that all claim to do the same thing – keep me organised.
Common sense, of course, says that you are only as organised as your next action list, waiting for list and project list. And your diary.
So my tools now are these:
Thats it. No more fancy tools, no more wasting time.
One thing about having your Next Actions on paper is that it forces you to rewrite your tasks on a daily (or more frequent) basis which is a great way of refocussing your mind on the important tasks.
Get real – keep focussed – ditch the bells and whistles.