Quadrant IV

My last post, on the contents of my del.icio.us account, generated Google Ads entirely about cakes and pancakes.  I love it!

Once again, I find myself drowning under a sea of paperwork.  It seems like every project with which I’m involved has suddenly ground to a halt and demanded my attention.  But contrary to last time this occured, I’m feeling calm and on top of my workload.

The reason for this is I have been diligently doing my weekly reviews for the past few weeks.  I have found my equilibrium with these little things, and now I’m really starting to get the hang of this GTD thing.

The one thing that has helped make this happen is that I’m not doing my reviews strictly weekly.  While they occur at least every week, I’m doing a full review of my work-life whenever I feel that I am losing my grip.  Whether this occurs on a Friday afternoon (which is my traditional time-blocked weekly review appointment) or on a Wednesday morning because I’m starting the freak, they are getting done now far more regularly.  And in return, I’m finding myself far more efficient and relaxed.

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Well, the semester has unofficially started again, and once more I am up to my eyeballs in extra work.  This year I am much more organised than I was last year (starting a new job in the same week as study commenced was not terribly helpful) so I’m hoping that I can use my newfound organisational ability to keep me focussed and on track with study.

One thing I have already done is input not only my assignments into my to-do list, but the modules that have to be completed as well.  That way, instead of it being something that needs to be remembered every week, I have a constant reminder that my module is sitting waiting for me.  I think this might keep it all a little more fresh in my mind, and stop me wandering off doing other things.