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Originally Posted by dmauder  Paperwork. Argh!!!! The bane of my existence!
I do pretty well with everything else (paperwork wise) except for the stuff that comes daily in the mail. Bills, insurance forms, account statements, etc... Right now, they basically pile up in a tray on the corner of my desk and that's where they sit --- pretty much forever.
Someday, I need to spend about a full day and organize them all into files and/or binders. I guess before that, I should sit down with the pile in front of me, and a shredder next to me. I'm sure I could skinny that pile down in a hurry! 
Dave |
Well, that just means you aren't processing your inbox down to zero!! Since you don't have a paper filing system, you become numb to the stack of paperwork in front of you and instead of getting it done, you leave it there. Process that bastard!
Not that I am an expert in any way shape or form.
I won't pretend that this is methodology is easy to do. Well, I guess I should say this isn't easy to implement all at once, or even in stages...but as I pound out defining next actions on the front end of all the projects on my list (I am up to 70 at the moment, and haven't reviewed my Someday/Maybe list yet and I know I still have stuff banging around in my head), I feel much better about defining them and their outcomes as well as get excited to start completing these simplistic tasks in front of me. In fact, it is so liberating that I want to start doing everything now, but I am not finished organizing!!
There is a lot of front end work on this system, but that is ok, because its like everything, from building your health to a business, you do lots of work up front, then reap the benefits while doing much less to maintain it!
I have been immersing myself in all things GTD for 9 days now and I really like the paradigms shifts it has awarded me. I will write about them in another post, but now its back to organizing!
I really feel like I have been making great choices lately...simple ones that expend the least amount of energy but give me the biggest rewards.
