First I'd like to say thanks to Steve for the innumerable insights communicated through his blog. So much of what you've said, Steve, makes complete sense to me.
To the other members -
Hi guys,
For the last however-many years, I'd score my time management, organisation, prioritisation, as a 1 out of 10 and happiness, fulfillment and life satisfaction on average something like a 4.
I've been reading alot of the blogs, I want to make a difference in my life. Because there are so many areas in my life which I want to tackle, and so many ways to begin. When I've tried to do these things before I usually try to tackle everything at once and fail, or start planning at midnight one night, and wake up late for work the next morning seeming to have forgotten about it altogether.
When I actually manage to get a plan like this underway, I either let myself slack off one day and then think its alright to do it all the time, or when I do slack off, I'm so scathingly self critical I almost feel like giving up on life altogther (though I would never ever do anything to 'hurt myself' in a literal sense).
I'm in my mid 20s, I broke up with my girlfriend a few days ago, my job is not going too great, I'm over $50,000 in debt with no assets, I (now) live by myself in a unit which is an absolute disorganised mess, I never seem to have the time to see my family and friends, and my friendships are not going that well lately either. I'm also a smoker, and a stresser.
The positives - I'm able to meet most people and build a rapport with them quite easily, especially people older than me, most people consider me quite intelligent (at least in the languages / maths / sciences / arts areas); and I'd say I'm tall, lean, and reasonably good looking. I know I may sound like I'm giving myself a rap but I'm more trying to make the point that I'm not about "doom and gloom" or "emo" but I'm just someone with some very serious problems.
So, I think thats a resonable introduction!
Ideas anyone?
