Organize IT

Over here in the UK Autumn is in in full swing, and the cold and miserable weather is taking it’s toll. However, it’s had no effect on Organize IT which is banging out content as though Summer never ended! Below are my top posts from the last month. If you missed any of them please check them out and leave a comment!

• Productivity Tip #03: Start Something And Finish It
• Productivity Tip #02: Do The Crappy Stuff First
• Productivity Tip #01: Apply Some Pressure
• Simplifying Our Lives: Is It A Lost Cause?
• My Productivity Templates Revised
• Audit Your Life: Your Wardrobe
• Updated GTD/Productivity Links List 04th Oct 2007
• Laying The Foundations Of Your Environmentally Friendly Habit
• Why Your Plans Fail: My Thoughts
• Riding The Waves Of Life… Or Not
• Clutter 101: Track Your De-Cluttering Activity

Take a quick look around an average room and there are probably loads of areas that need to be regularly cleaned, and plenty of drawers, boxes and shelves that need de-cluttering. Apply all that to an entire apartment or house and that’s a lot of work and a lot of next actions to get through. It would make sense to have some sort of system for managing all those next actions around your home right? Oddly enough, this is an area that tends to get neglected, so in this post I will introduce my own system that I have recently been experimenting with.

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During the day our energy levels fluctuate and ultimate decline as the hours pass. The same principle applies weekly, monthly and yearly and our bodies can really be compared to batteries. For instance, our energy levels can peak one week then plummet two weeks later. And it’s not just our energy levels, it’s our productivity levels, happiness levels, concentration levels, motivation levels and so on. It’s all part of the natural ebb and flow of our lives. Animals largely live their lives around these fluctuations, and many years ago, humans would have done the same (what could be described as surfing the waves). Nowadays of course, we have so many commitments and distractions that we often have to just deal with everything regardless of whether we are peaking or sinking. Essentially we just have to push through the waves the best we can.

So that’s why I’m stuck working in ditches. Doh!

Organize IT recap for 27th October 2007

• Organize IT has an extensive series of posts covering the process of organizing and de-cluttering your home. If you are interested in that topic, you may find this article by Organized Home, covering four different strategies for de-cluttering.
• Having been blogging extensively for over a year now, I understand the importance of having keywords in articles. However I never thought to apply the same principle to my resume.
• This chart is worthy of attention (designed by 2Time blog), as it breaks down GTD practices into four different levels ranging from novice to expert. I’m generally a mix of yellow and orange levels. What about you?