It’s been a long time since I blogged about productivity (mine) and getting things done. I have been using my planner, but not as much as I should. I decided that part of the problem was that it was too small (the rings anyway) and that I needed a bigger one.
So as a reward to myself for at least continuing to use it in some manner I bought a nice red leather Franklin Covey binder on eBay for about $20. (This thing retails for about $90.) It’s got huge rings in it so I can stuff it full of pages.
I have loosely made a New Years resolution to try and get more organized in my work flow, on my desk at home (it’s a huge mess) and in my wood shop at home (another mess).
I have started by building a large wall mounted tool box to store all my woodworking hand tools in. That should clean up a lot of my shop mess.
Then I need to work on my desk (I’ve decided to eBay or throw away most of the crap on it.)
For the productivity end I have decided to re-read the books I have read and finish the ones I started before. I’ve also started looking at the web sites I found in the past and have discovered that Dave Seah has been a busy little beaver! He’s got some nifty looking new forms to try out for scheduling my day and getting things done!
I really like the new Emergent Task Planner, and am going to play with it a bit. If I really find it useful I’ll make a version in the classic size so I can use it in my planner.
He has a nice series that he calls The Printable CEO. I’ll have to look over the rest of them again and see what might help me out.
My real problem is that I like to procrastinate. I’m lazy and I know it. I’d rather distract myself with other fun things than really buckle down and get things done.
So I need to get myself motivated. We’ll have to see how I manage that.
