Organize IT

Organize IT recap for 03rd April 2009.

The hardest part about getting things done isn’t necessarily trying to shift through countless productivity books, attending numerous GTD seminars until you ‘get it’ or implementing a fancy, hi-tech setup to manage your super-crazy life. It’s not even trying to regularly do a weekly review or capturing all the loose ends in your head. It’s often just finding the motivation to take action…

The weekly review is a common productivity practise. It basically involves putting time aside to figure out what’s happening in your life, chase anything that’s fallen through the gaps over the last several days and basically get a clear picture of everything. Every weekend on Twitter I see hundreds of people announce that they are doing their weekly review. But has anybody asked why it has to be weekly? Why not monthly, or even daily? Why, oh why!

It’s nearly the end of March, so that means it’s time for my regular recap of the best posts from the last month. Whether you are looking to control negative self-talk, simplify your filing system (perhaps using my own letter tray approach?) or wanting to clear your head and do an effective mind sweep, there should be something here for you to enjoy. If you like any of these posts, please help me promote it and get the blog out there to a bigger audience. Tweet it!

Today I was sat in Pizza Hut having a nice chat with my wife about a few projects going on in our life. Over the course of this conversation several ideas occurred to me, a couple of thoughts came up and I was reminded of a few tasks I’d forgotten about. Slight problem though. I didn’t have a pen or paper to capture any of them down. It was a nice meal though…