Christmas is meant to be fun, enjoyable and even meaningful, but people seem to be increasingly becoming jaded by it. Whether it be the hassle and expense of buying everyone presents and cards, the stresses of arranging and preparing all the food and decorations or the yearly disappointment of the TV schedule, Christmas has lost some of it’s sparkle, don’t you think?


One of the big things that David Allen covered in GTD was the distinction between simple, mindless tasks that required little thought or focus, and those complicated projects where copious amounts of planning and thought are required, and which can send you into a spiral of stress and confusion. Allen described the former as widget cranking – the equivalent of going to work in a factory and doing whatever simple task was required of you as items came down the conveyor belt.
December 14, 2009 Lifestyle Design
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