Alright. It’s time to get organized. I’ve have been running at an operation level that has outpaced my organization system. That is if you can call stacks a system. So earlier this summer after moving a stack from one side of my desk to another to work on a project only to move it back to the other side later in the day I came to an epiphany. “This is stupid. I have better things to to in life, more important things to do in life than to move papers.” So I’m getting organized. This is what I’ve done so far
1. I recognized my work style. I am a visual learner and a visual worker. So the window in my office (which I’m thrilled to have) hase become my dry erase board. Out a joke my father in law gave me a set of window markers. I never knew I needed these, they work so much better than dry erase markers.
2. I like outlook for email but I need a calendar to write in. This vertical moleskine planning caledar is genious. Because I not only like to see my whole week at at time but like to plan by looking at the month as well I created a month at a glance calander in coordinating paper to put in the back pocket. I carry this with me all the time.
I know I could use a smart phone and all my cool friend have i-phone’s but I like paper. I think better and clearer with pen and paper. I don’t have a smart phone because I don’t want to have the monthly fee and I know my addictive behavior when it comes to email, twitter and facebook. I just dont need any more electric crack to deal with.
3. Now to get organized I am working with two tools. First is David Allen’s Getting Things Done. I am finally processing through this material. I’ll be posting on my process of getting organized. Lets see what happens.
Here’s a link to my Amazon store to see the stuff that’s helping me get organized.
