I made an effort this weekend to sort out my apartment, reorganizing closets, going through paperwork etc. Then I came across a couple of unopened Amazon.com boxes which I new contained a couple of “productivity books”. The first book was Dave Allen’s book Getting Things Done and the other was The Now Habit. After opening the box I took a look at the receipt inside and discovered that I had ordered both these books in March, and it was now mid November. I feared I may disappear in an ironic singularity, but unfortunately I stayed around, put the books to one side and posted the story to twitter.
The flow chart via Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century
Very ironic. GTD is a great book to read. But Zen to Done is shorter, great for us procrastinating types. Or just go straight to audio books. I had to.
I love this procrastination chart! Even the WOOT to the side describes the reaction of a typical procrastinator perfectly. And it’s pretty accurate, too. Most of the time, food is what distracts me from doing any work. I like eating and eating comes with watching television or reading non-work related stuff on the net. And then I start to feel drowsy and convince myself that it’s alright to doze off because I’ll be 100% back in the game when I wake up. Unfortunately, I only end up doing something else all over again. We have to break this cycle!