GTD and unemployment

hi.

i've noticed that most people who find this page through search are interested in gtd and unemployment.

being both unemployed and a gtd advocate, i think i'll write a few more posts about this.

and it's an interesting marriage.

reviewed

ok. so took a couple of hours. not surprising when i've been away from it for so long.

overwhelming but relieving at the same time, as ever.

like to be on top. sure, some things are slipping, but it's all i can remember at the moment...

like the audio recorder, which i just can't face, so it goes on the list. today.

Turning it off

Going in review. From scratch. So, tuning out for a few hours. Something tells me the world can function without me.

Ugh

gotta review today. it's been so long, it's like starting over.

but i know it pays off; already helped with the lawyer.

never used to do this sort of thing, hold onto documents and such.

turning over a new leaf.

i know it's bothering me because i feel overwhelmed, even though i know i don't have much.

and...

still the grogginess. thanks seroquel

talked to liz

hey, davidco rocks.

had a nice chat with liz. she's awesome. strongly recommend that strong women.

so much going right in my world.

i keep worrying

worrying that my family will find this.

they say you only have to give nine markers and you are identifiable. i've given off more than that.

who else is single, manic-depressive, abuses substances (wine and beer today), is organized via gtd, broke, lonely.

well, here's to you should you figure it out.

Got a friend at Davidco

No, it's not David. Though I have spoken with him on the phone.

She's wonderful. Started out working together on an order I made that was screwed up.

Now we write each other with a little frequency. In a weird way, it's kind of like this. I mean, I don't know this woman from Adam. Never spoken with her over the phone, even.

But she's married. All the good ones are.

another great link from lifehacker

Here's a great way to implement GTD in plain old text files, my favorite.


It's called txtGTD, and is a simple perl script to help generate and display all your projects and next actions list.

kickass. There's also Gina's overly complicated Bash script somewhere on the site. I'm just to lazy to find it.

Best.

Here we go

I was going to stay late to get things done, but I don't care.

Every minute here is special. And I don't want to spend another minute than I have to.

This hurts.

Untitled

I'm.. well, under the influence.

And frustrated that i can't do something as simple as post.

on the new site.

maybe when i'm not drunk.

dunno, feel like things have been boring lately.

well, guess that means less drama.

more organization!

For those long suffering students

Hey.

There's a pretty cool post (http://lifehacker.com/5334886/getting-things-done-explained-for-students) over at lifehacker (http://lifehacker.com/).

It's how to get GTD working for students.

Really wish I had this when I was in college. What a mess. Studied all the time.

It was ok, and I slowed down after my first year. But worked so hard then, I lost 10 pounds in 12 weeks. 130, the lowest I've ever been in my life.

Anyway, this one is for the students, not for me.

Enjoy!

Bored at Work

Yeah, I probably new this was going to happen.

Doing nothing leads to boredom. But that's no reason why I should do things associated with my job!

I've got some david allen audio--maybe digitize some notes and listen to the master. Though, i find (and probably could predicted that) it's not as jam-packed as GTD.

Well, what are you going to do. Still, there are scraps there which make the filtering worth while.

Yet, boy is the interweb full of crap.

On a totally unrelated note, I've been thinking about the tone of this blog.

At first, I wanted it to sound more like the blogs I admire.

But then, thinking about it, the pseudo--personal style of these things began to bother me, especially when I though about writing that way.

And although I had problems at first writing such personal stuff, I've since made some peace with it. I figure, if you don't like it, don't read it.

And there's more than enough non-personal stuff here--whether or not it's helpful, well, that's another issue.

And I like that posts tend to vary in length. Sometimes, all you want is a sentence, and other times, the whole loaf.

Off

Off to school and work.

I don't usually work on Mondays, but have to make up a day--took a day when went to see momster. But less said about that the better.

Mornings are fun for me. I enjoy getting up early. Washing, drinking coffee interwebbing--it's all fun.

And I like taking a moment to get my shit together.

It's odd--I washing and thinking and had a good one, but now I can't remeber it. They system in all inclusive. Wonder what capture tools David Allen uses in the shower.

I'm a little scared to post this

Hey,

It's been an incredible two months. So much has changed. So much has happened. Hard to imagine what hasn't, save moving house. Which I may soon do.

First, I clarified my relationship with my therapist. Then began to get my act together by cleaning. Then changed psychiatrist. Then began GTD in ernest (no easy act, as you well know).

Then changed drugs. Geodone, Seroquel, Lamictal, Ativan. And may move to Abilify, and one other Clonopin (sp)?

Then things began to roll, in large part due to dumb luck.

I was unemployed, depressed, going nowhere fast (save the hospital or, shudder, the grave). Got my job on. Loving it. Great boss. Great colleagues, great... well, you name it.

Then began the hardships.

First, the crazy girl I was dating freaked when I broke it off. One month we were together. No commitment. Low key. Once, maybe twice a week. She freaked. Called me hundreds of times over 2.5 days. Unbelievable, or so I thought.

Fastforward two weeks. 33 birthday. Small, cute bar. Good food. Sister, Brother-in-law, new girl just started dating.

Well, now ex-friend shows up. Good at first. Then he unloads. Just a freaking long tirade. I don't even know what he's saying. I don't even notice when every one but me and him leave. I just put my head down, like I've passed out, hoping he'll just go away. He does, after about 5 minutes and two passes. Keep the head down for 5 more--lest we show up on the same train or something.

Well, that's over. 10 years I've known him. Inexplicable. Or, so I thought.

Fastforward to this week. What was it--Tuesday? Well, Momster calls. And if you want to know more--just look down. It's all there, posted as it was happening.

Well, one of the nicest parts of it all is writing this blog.

And looking back on this post, I'm no longer afraid.

Not bad for an anonymous coward.

Poverty

For the longest time, I thought gtd was deficient on this one.

Not so.

Just have to make better use of someday maybe lists.

And don't be afraid to put things like eat and pay rent on them.

If you ain't got the funds you can't do it.

And if it comes to eat or buy erasers, eat. You can always steal them from work. After all, that's why we go.

Keep it going

Just listening to David Allen's cds.

how often to review.

You know, no critique intended, but he can be pretty repetitive. But I suppose we all are.

Look at your calendar. Look at your lists. When you need to.

Keep the calendar as your hard schedule: things you do then or not at all.

Review? I go twice a week. Then if I miss one, i've got the other. And I recommend doing it before therapy. Gives you fodder for your bitching.

it's all about the preventive strike. Be on top so those around you are not on top of you.

And incedentally, my boss rocks on this point. May you have one.

you know, I had a daytimer as a kid. Yeah, I was that geek.

but they made so much fun of me I stopped. And started doing drugs. Illeagle ones. Ah self-medication. Every one be their own psychiatrist. If onely dope was covered by insurance.

maintence. That's what it's all about.

But you knew that. As everything I say. Which makes this entertainment, I suppose.

Geek porn.

Make it a ritual. Especially you compulsive ones. Not like the hand washing, but daily, if you have to.

take off the calendar that out of date post...just a reminder to myself. Who's the only one reading this.

Busy trap--i like it.

gtd abt prioritizing? How? three:

strategy: where and what will take you further.

Horizons: altitude map.

Values.
vision.

focus & resposability
finish

well folks, thats's all I got right noe. Best

Hello world!

I'm not really sure what I'm doing.

But a lot has been changing for me these last few months.

I thought I'd post some of them as they come. Maybe it will help someone, maybe it will help me.

I just started being serious about GTD once I came out of a depressive episode.

First I worked at it, now it seems like I can't live without it.

A lot of other things changed as well. My psychiatrist, my meds, my job...

I lost some friends, some girlfriends.

But by and large, it's been a gain: organization, productivity, self-confidence, study habits, money habits, you name it.

Things seem to have turned a certain corner.

I'm curious to see what comes down the road.