keith’s new self

I’ve decided to get my myself organized, after perusing several blogs devoted to productivity in general. Picked up “Getting Things Done” by David Allen (also known as GTD). A quote that drew me in was “Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax” - makes sense. One of the main points of the book is to take everything that is floating around in your head and put it into a trusted paper or electronic system, so that you can focus on one thing at a time and be confident that nothing is falling through the cracks. I’m a classic ‘keep everything in your head’ case, so this looks like good medicine.

Went a little wild at Grand and Toy yesterday, and now I’m stocked up with all the tools of the organized man - file folders, notepads, a nifty new pen, and filing boxes.

On the digital side I started using a unix command-line based calendar called remind (love it so far), installed great search-engine shortcut tool called Sogudi, and started playing with Quicksilver (but haven’t quite got the hang of it). I also devised a home-cooked system of tracking projects and tasks using plain text files and standard unix command-line tools. I’ll definitely write about this system once it’s more flushed out. Hoping that I can keep my energy of organized productivity going - as I have a habit of getting really excited about things like this and then after a while I just stop doing it. Hopefully the rewards of increased sanity and relaxation will be enough to keep me on track.
tags: gtd, productivity, quicksilver, remind, sogudi

posted: 11:59 am