How I Organise My Desk
I love this sketch. It’s by Dave Walker - I’ve tried a tonne of these methods that help you work more effectively, mostly along the lines of GTD. You give it a go and for a while you feel like you have more time and that you are in some way in control of your situation. Then the novelty wears off and you struggle to keep on top of all these things in your life that you are supposed to be doing. Then you get sloppy at it and you don’t bother with your system. When you need it most, it abandons you. But that’s just me I think.
The sketch above just makes me think about the way in which we feel we should organise our life. Since abandoning GTD I feel I have more time on my hands simply by only accepting as much work as I can feasibly handle. It’s been working for me for a while now.