In the past few weeks, I’ve been making strides on organizing an overly hectic life (personal/work) to make it, well, less hectic. As easy as it is to think that all I need is MORE time, the truth is I have the exact amount of time and I need to work/think smarter with that time instead of hoping for something that is impossible.

Enter the “Getting Things Done” way of thinking that is slowly but surely revolutionizing the way I manage my “stuff”. I’ve implemented things step-by-step at my day job at the church where I serve and now I’m getting my home business organized. It takes time because it’s a complete overhaul of my previous “non”-system I had before.
However, the results to-date are awesome. I’m able to manage more in less time and keep myself on task without burning myself out mentally with the stress of having so much going through my mind all the time.

We often use the term “juggling” when it comes to our lives and the more I think about it, the less I like that analogy. Who can maintain a life with balls always “in the air”. Sure you can keep it up for a few minutes…maybe a few hours. But days? Weeks? Years? Impossible.

The overall idea is to create an effective (and fun) system of controlling the “inputs” of life – breaking things up into manageable amounts. Chucking the garbage. Passing along the assignments. Taking control of my responsibilities.  Taking things off my mind and into systems where progress is made or proper planning is implemented. Getting Things Done. The GTD system. It’s incredibly liberating in so many ways.

Here is a link to the book – Getting Things Done.

Today, I came across an application (Mac/Windows/Linux) that helps me manage all the inputs in a GTD fashion. (oh, and it’s free so, if you have or learn the system, you don’t have any excuse). It’s called ThinkingRock [ click here to visit the site and download the app ]. { Thanks to lifehacker.com for the information about this app }

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