A year ago on Organize IT you were reading:

Clutter 101: How To De-Clutter
“Don’t be cautious, pessimistic or afraid to make a mess of your rooms with this. Relish being in at the deep end. Seeing those rubbish/recycle bags fill up is very satisfying.”

GTD Vertical Map And Horizons Of Focus
“Though GTD adopts a bottom-up approach, the influence of having a 50,000ft level worked out filters its way down through the other layers, meaning you are inclined to pick out more coherent and relevent projects and next actions that push you forward towards these greater goals.”

Roles & Responsibilities
“You have responsibilities to yourself, such as your personal growth, your social life and your health. Some can come out of necessity, some can be from choice.”

Organize IT recap for 28th March 2008.

• I’m on Facebook now, so if you are interested in connecting with me then become a friend. Hopefully it will be a useful extension of this blog.
• I’ve done a few guest posts over the last month that may be of interest to those who are into their blogging. This week I appeared on Daily Blog Tips discussing post types that can expand your blog content, while last month I covered five things you shouldn’t worry about when blogging over at Dumb Little Man. Hope you like!
• If you are a regular gym goer then this guide to gym etiquette may be of interest. Mainly common sense but it’s surprising how many people don’t follow it (I’m talking to all you grunting, sweaty, machine hoggers).
• One of my favorite shows is the US version of The Office. US News has taken a semi-serious look at applying career lessons to the staff of the hit show. Intriguing stuff.
• Completely unrelated to Organize IT but I found this theory on Lost (the TV show) via Digg and it’s so clever I just had to share it. It’s a little out there even by Lost standards but if you are a fan of the show it’s a great read.

Right, so I’ve gone and done it. I’ve sucked up (most of) my reservations and got myself a Facebook account (check out my profile and become a friend). Those reservations have not exactly been proved unfounded because after only 24 hours of being signed up, I’ve wasted more time than I want to on tweaking my profile, searching for people and deleting vast amounts of email notifications.

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Email. It’s great isn’t it? All those spammy messages to process, all the time spent on trying to get your inbox to that mythical empty status. Yeah, email is great… Because it is such an easy and quick medium, people can also get very sloppy with it. Much like showing manners when eating a meal, there is a certain etiquette a person should adopt when sending emails. If we work together to improve our email manners we can all benefit from the time we save. Dream on!

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Inspirational quotes for 22nd March 2008.

Grace Lichtenstein: “Your opponent, in the end, is never really the player on the other side of the net, or the swimmer in the next lane, or the team on the other side of the field, or even the bar you must high-jump. Your opponent is yourself, your negative internal voices, your level of determination.“

Carl Jung: “Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness and the word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.“

Jack London: “I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dryrot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.“