What is the opposite of a messy environment? The answer isn’t as simple as is seems, especially since there isn’t one answer. I have three in mind, which could be thought of as levels of personal organizing, in ascending order of importance: neat, organized and uncluttered. Let’s look at some subtle but crucial distinctions between [...]
Entries from January 2009
3 Rungs of Personal Organization: Neat, Organized and Uncluttered
January 12th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: Decluttering
Curbing Info Porn with Batched Reading
January 5th, 2009 · 21 Comments
Something snapped. Somewhere around early November, I’d been on a Low Information Diet for nearly a month. The first thing I did was dump all of my RSS feeds. Then I prohibited myself from reading books or visiting blogs, forums, podcasts or other infostractions. After weeks of being unplugged, the sense of time recovered was [...]
Tags: Lifestyle Design · Productivity
Mind Mapping Model Behavior
January 2nd, 2009 · 8 Comments
How would you like to act on a daily basis? What habits or behaviors would you like to install or uninstall? New Year’s resolutions are helpful for defining those behaviors, but not sufficient for following through with them consistently. Create a visual aid to remind you of habits you want to maintain and those you [...]
Tags: Lifestyle Design