Im using a new system to get my life in order and to actually finish the things that I start (the bane of my existence).
I stumbled upon this approach called GTD - Get Things Done. Which is basically a common sense bunch of tips written by a guy called David Allen which has taken the net by storm.
Think of it as the meme of the moment for the productivity obsessed netfolk and geeks..
Which is right up my alley! The basics of it are this.
1. Get every thought, idea, and reminder out of your head and onto paper.
2. Place all these bits of paper inside an 'inbox'.
3. Sort these out to one of three categories - allocate, delegate or postpone.
Input - Process - Output
SO you have a box, with all your ideas and actions in it, now there's no need for them to take up energy in your head.
You then sort these out to lists such as 'phone', 'home', 'out' etc. Now whenever you have some spare time and a phone near you, you can look at your phone list and see all the calls you have to make. It enables you to use all life contexts and times productively.
It's actually a lot deeper than this and I would recommend checking it out if you have a lot of stuff on your mind. So far it has worked quite well for me. Now I just need to stick to it.
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There's one Quote David Allen makes in one of his talks which I found rather profound. It is this..
"There are only two problems in life,
1. You know what you want but you don't know how to get it.
2. You don't know what you want."
It's true!!