Ben Lasley

So a while back, I followed a guest post on Lifehacker from Ramit Sethi about personal finance, and specifically how to automate your finances and identify what you actually want to spend on.

I’ve started to think about ways recently to try and automate my task management in a similar way. For some reason I feel like a lack of organization is keeping me from actually getting things done.

Unfortunately, I wouldn’t be surprised if what’s actually going on is I’m claiming I need to get more organized as avoidance behavior, and what I actually need to do is just sit down and knock things out. I do think some of the decision paralysis is warrented though, because recently I’ve felt so unorganized that I’m nowhere near confident that I’ve covered everything I need to be paying attention to.

I’m considering trying to read up on GTD or the four-hour work-week, although I’m not sure either contain things that I would actually be interested in or capable of maintaining. I’m also finding that remember the milk might actually be not well suited to my purposes… Maybe there’s a better solution for me. The problem is that I probably can’t afford to spend the time searching for a solution while I need to get work done.

Maybe after Dollie Day.

Right…

Some days, I spend most of my time trying to figure out what I need to do, and in what order.  Those days are frustrating, and I am easily distracted.

Rarely, I actually figure out how the hell I’m going to use my time.  Those days are productive.

Not as rarely as I’d like (I guess), I know exactly what I need to do because I’m behind schedule.  Those days are both, productive and stressful as hell.

Then there’s the in between, where I’m doing something, having no conception if it’s the top item on the list, and there’s no urgency, so I’m easily distracted again.

Maybe I need a different work environment.  Or a job where I get sucked in for hours on end (coding, haha).

Two things that definitely need to be added to my current workspace but won’t because no one else uses them here:  Dual monitors, and music.  Maybe I can swing the monitors.  hmm…  Damn, this POS box doesn’t have a second vga out.  Screw that idea…