Sometimes it’s just unavoidable. We procrastinate. Work is work, and you can find yourself doing anything to avoid it for a few more minutes. Why don’t we use that time to do something at least a little productive. This is a list of some great suggestions to do that. 1. Write a personal email or letter to…

WOWNDADI wrote an article about a particular line of thinking in regards to prioritizing the tasks in your day. The idea is to do put each task into one of four categories: 1. Things you don’t want to do, and actually don’t need to do. 2. Things you don’t want to do, but actually need to do. 3. Things…

We often debate the cause of procrastination. While doing so you inevitably ask yourself, “Why am I putting this off?” The most common answer is probably a lack of purpose. However, what may really be the problem is a simple lack of planning. We know what it is that we want, where it is we want to…

I’m amazed at the number of postings and advice articles, let alone pieces of software, that are spawned by the GTD phenomenon. To me, it’s yet another symptom of today’s short-term mentality and our obsession with activity. Getting Things Done is useful, of course. I’m not without sympathy for people with bulging schedules and huge…

(I’m teasing a bit, based on Leon’s post about anti-procrastination) I was surfing a blog that talks about GTD and life, and I read a great post about taking some time to recover and relax. Bryan basically comments about part of David Allen’s book, READY FOR ANYTHING, where David discusses finding time to…