Jan 03 2006
Getting Things Done
One of my resolutions this year is to get organized. I’ve tried this in the past many times, as I know others have, but for some reason it has never really kicked in. I go in spurts: sometimes I’ll get hyper-organized in one facet of my life, but it never carries over to all facets and it never really lasts.
Last year I read about a book called Getting Things Done. It was highly recommended as an organizational technique that techies could understand and get behind. I bought the book and started reading it. After the first chapter or two I told my wife how much I was enjoying it and that I thought I could really take it to heart. A couple of weeks later she asked, “So, how was that book?”
I hadn’t gotten past the third chapter. Suffice it to say, it didn’t take.
But I still like the ideas in the book, and I think they could help me. So, this resolution starts with me finishing the book and blogging about it.
Here goes…