February 6, 2007

Get organized, Get things done

We all have a lot of papers lying around. It’s really annoying to have them piled up around your desk, isn’t it? And the unorganized pile makes your mind unorganized, too. One thing I have discovered is that sorting out all the mess can help you not only to get a tidy desk for work, but also to clear up your mind. And suddenly, magically, you will be happier as well. This happens to me anyway.

If you have seen me reading the book “Getting Things Done”, you can probably guess that this tip more or less come from it. In fact I don’t remember if it actually says something like this in the book. The author, David Allen, recommends us to take some time every week to review all our things, and the nasty pile is included for me. (But, if you follow the book closely, you shouldn’t have a nasty pile in the first place, as everything will be filed in a proper place once it gets in.)

I haven’t recommended this book on here before, what I want to say is that this book is really worth reading. It’s a really great book.

PS: I bought the Doraemon schedule book that Kitty has had for a while. I ran across it a few days ago and it was too hard to resist. :)