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A 1930s-era suited male figure seated at a formal desk that is mounted high with papers. His head has been replaced with that of a grinning elephant. Reaching through the papers, parting them like the Red Sea, is a giant, friendly male hand, along with a bit of shirt and suit-cuff.
For the blog post, "Emptying my head to reboot my Project List at Juggling Frogs as a symbol of an overwhelming Project List.
These are mainly empty, but I would like to use them to sort office materials.
And as a printer stand, obviously.
Task Writer looks like a pretty good GTD-oriented web application. This screenshot shows a filtered list of inbox and next actions.
This is right before I totally emptied it out and took care of every item properly. There were items in it as far back as March 2006 but the majority were from the summer. This is because it was so full in the summer that I had to take it off my desk to make space. Since then I've not had an in-basket.
I made a good plan of solid next actions and for the past couple of weeks (with a break for getting the flu) I've been knocking off items. Today was a big day - I cleared out my email in-box and then tackled the paper in-basket.
It was really a lot easier than I thought it would be. I think there were a few contributing factors:
* I've learned since I started last year
* A lot of it looked important but it wasn't
* Some was junk
* Some was dated
I went to lunch at Panera today and had hot tea and a bagel. While I sat, I started the second book for the year: Getting Things Done by David Allen.
My gut feeling here is that Carolynn (subject from my stranger #5 portrait) did a somewhat massive neighborhood cleanup, though I couldn't find her to get the official story. Of the 15 shopping carts, Home Depot, Target, WalMart, Office Max and Food City are among those represented.
While I was out shooting this, a Department of Public Works employee drove by. We chatted and he was following up on a call about a homeless camp nearby.
Post Script
Last year I came across the best book idea I never had: The Field Guide to Shopping Carts. I always think of that when I encounter carts in the wild now.
Overview of the six pocket Moleskines I just bought. From left to right: diary 2007 (day per page), sketchbook, info book, squared notebook, plain notebook and ruled notebook.
Alanah's cat found a new playtoy last night: one of the various hipster pdas that I have kicking around.
BEFORE GTD: another shot of my desk. It is a great desk. It takes literally 4 men to carry so I usually take it apart to move it. I hope to refinish the top in the future.
Alanah's cat found a new playtoy last night: one of the various hipster pdas that I have kicking around.
A photo taken for a blog post about Procrastination on www.creative-choices.co.uk
The actual post is here.. creative-choices.co.uk/server.php?show=ConBlogEntry.223
"Getting Things Done" Wallpapre created by Stefanois Karagos of the Anabubula Blog, done wtih MindManager and Photoshop.
Detail of the six pocket Moleskines I just bought. From left to right: plain notebook and ruled notebook.
Thumbs from my new guide, Where the !@#% did my day go? [The Ultimate Guide to Making Every Day a Great Workday]. uploaded for purchase soon!
Detail of the six pocket Moleskines I just bought. From left to right: info book, squared notebook, plain notebook and ruled notebook.
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Detail of the six pocket Moleskines I just bought. From left to right: info book, squared notebook and plain notebook.
This is a screenshot of my new Macbook Pro's desktop. It is minimal and not too busy so it does not distract me from getting things done (GTD).
Detail of the six pocket Moleskines I just bought. From left to right: diary 2007 (day per page), sketchbook and info book.
I like planning, and I like getting things done. I like to set targets, and to see them met, or even better, exceeded.
At the moment it feels a bit like work is a little on the 'too busy to plan' side, and also difficult to complete things well, which is a little frustrating.
On the bright side, there are some fantastic opportunities to get my teeth into greater responsibility, and to grow in new areas, so it's not all bad.
Just a bit tiring.
This is all the stuff I found in the living room that needs to be processed. A lot of it is Alissa's too.
Detail of the six pocket Moleskines I just bought. From left to right: diary 2007 (day per page), sketchbook, info book and squared notebook.
Alanah's cat found a new playtoy last night: one of the various hipster pdas that I have kicking around.