Sue and Jen have been blogging about trying out the Getting Things Done self-organizing system, which reminded me I should really get around to reading that book sometime, since I’ve had it for four years.
I’d amuse myself in that I’ve put off reading books on how to not put off doing things if I weren’t already drowning in irony.
I’ve become rather inattentive and impatient lately, to the point I can’t even watch half an hour of TV in one sitting (probably Tivo’s fault); so I’ve had difficulties reading the book since it has so many words. I need, perhaps, the Coles Notes version that tells me what I am to do in point form and pretty diagrams without bothering to tell me why, which is kind of obvious really. I think if I weren’t so busy with work I probably would find it easier to sit down and pay attention to large groups of words on paper, which doesn’t have Youtube.
I’m not sure what it’s like for software developers, as it’s been a few years since I was one (officially), but as a database administrator I have so many fucking things to do all the time OMGWTFLOLZ. I’m afraid to even think about how many projects I have going right now, so instead I just worry in general. And I’ve turned into one of those systems people who you contact to do something but they won’t do it unless you nag them repeatedly and/or threaten them with a meeting (hate!). And when you do get through to them they’ll email you in half an hour and ask you what it was you needed, because they don’t remember. So you have to resend them an email from a week or two ago that they already have but can’t find amidst all the other requests from you that they’re also ignoring. Yes, one of those.
I’d be pissed at me if I weren’t already me (since I get preferential treatment).
Hopefully the GTD ideas will help me, but I haven’t managed to get past the first chapter yet. I do, as well, have more important things to do in the meantime, like relaxation and sleep. I’ve been taking lessons from this expert:
