Getting things done, being productive, identifying your big goals and doing something about them regularly… it’s all easy and simple compared to habits. We spend all of our time lamenting how we can’t stop snacking on chocolate, we can’t stop smoking or we can’t stop idly browsing pointless websites and pissing our time away. Unlike [...]

Simplifying your life is very popular idea nowadays. It’s been popularized, I think, by people like Tim Ferriss of The 4-Hour Work Week who pushes ideas like the 80/20 rule and the low-information diet, and Leo Babauta of Zen Habits in particular. Simplifying your life is good. No, it’s actually great and I believe everybody [...]

Excuse the rambling nature of this post but I’ve had a few thoughts about creativity recently and I want to get it off my head (in the spirit of my last post). You see, creativity seems to be associated with hippy-like ideas about thinking big and opening your mind to new ideas and different experiences. [...]

I’m pleased to announce that this month marks the third birthday of Organize IT. Unfortunately there won’t be a party or cake but I’m still very proud of this achievement, and just a little bit amazed because, ignoring such things as holidays and the little matter of my wedding last year, this blog has been [...]

This guest post was written by Daryl Furuyama of WhiteHatBlackBox. James wrote a post a little while ago discussing the myths about simplifying your life and he has been kind enough to let me explore the myth a little more. Living a simpler life is definitely appealing. I sometimes imagine living without the hassles of [...]