Organize IT recap for 07th March 2008

• It’s on! A few weeks ago I asked you, my loyal readers, to share what you felt was wrong about GTD, and what you didn’t like about it. Now it’s my turn. As promised, on Monday I will publish my own thoughts. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out!
• In preparation for me bringing out my overly-critical side, LifeDev has a nice, friendly collection of reasons why you should adopt GTD in your life.
• David Allen has released a new audiobook. It’s a three CD set covering the weekly review. Its length is three hours… what can he possibly say about the weekly review that could last that long? David’s site has audio previews to check out, I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.
• In what will be a good news for all simplicity fans everywhere, USA Today has a post discussing how due to the slow economy people are increasingly cutting down on small pleasures. It’s now cooler to not spend, apparently. Agree?

Another month has gone by and it’s time to showcase some price slices of Organize IT content to dip into. As ever, if you’ve missed any of these posts please do check them out. I always like to read comments and feedback! Don’t forget to subscribe if you want to keep up to date with the latest content.

• 8 Reasons Why You Should Start A Blog Today
• The Organize IT Habits: Always Ask Why And How
• The Art Of Conversation: Main Topics Of Conversation
• Self-Help Myths: Expand Your Comfort Zone
• Ask The Readers: What Don’t You Like About GTD?
• When Productivity Becomes An Habit

In my weekly recap last Friday I pointed out a Lifehack.org article arguing that the current climate for hyper-productivity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Then yesterday I came across a similar post, claiming that the pursuit of productivity has ended up out of control. It seems to me that there is now an increasing shift toward simplifying our lives. Who needs to be productive when the amount of stuff you have to deal with is cut in half?

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A year ago on Organize IT you were reading:

Clutter 101: Why Do We Keep Clutter?
“Make time now and save loads later! You won’t have to dig around in the back of boxes, struggle with space whenever you buy a new item, stress about losing a bill in the masses of paperwork stuffed in drawers.”

Human Body Is Like A Battery: Recharge!
“If you ever feel tired, or even depressed and just generally don’t feel like doing anything, don’t beat yourself up over it, it’s just your body telling you to sit down, chill out and refuel.”

The 5 Benefits Of Saunas And Steam Rooms
“They cleanse the skin. The heat opens the pores allowing all the dirt and grease to come out. Sweating also helps flush out any toxins and the increased blood flow promotes the healing of any skin cuts, sun burn etc.”

Organize IT recap for 29th February 2008

• It’s interview central at the moment. Firstly Zen Habits has an exclusive interview with Stephen Covey of 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People fame. Next Web Worker Daily has an equally impressive three part discussion with David Allen, who you will no doubt know as the man behind Getting Things Done. Both links will make for fascinating reading.
• It’s all the rage in the business world nowadays to do more with less. That’s all well and good until you find yourself having to serve five impatient customers at once or trying to juggle between an handful of high priority projects at the same time. I’m seeing ripples of discontent towards this attitude at the moment and a lot is being written dismissing it. Lifehack.org has one such article worth checking out. What are your thoughts on current business trends?
• 7P Productions has a very good primer on Getting Things Done. In a recent post asking what readers disliked about GTD, many of you commented on its complexity and how difficult it was to implement it, so posts like this that distill GTD down are always very useful.