Yo mk!

This was supposed to be the Year of Getting Things Done.

Yes, it’s still early into 2012, but a couple weeks ago, something happened that has derailed me slightly. It’s taking a bit of getting used to, and I’ll have to readjust goals, finances, switch up travel plans, etc. Life requires a certain amount of flexibility, especially since everything moves so quickly and changes so suddenly, but it can be difficult because we are also creatures of habit.

Upon the advice of my friend Sheila, I’m reading David Allen’s “Getting Things Done.” It’s a pretty standard paperback, but Sheila swears it changed her life and the way she thought of productivity, so I figured why not give it a go?

I’m only a few pages in and already there are golden tidbits and quotes. This one by writer Eric Hoffer struck me in particular:

“We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves and every radical adjustment in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs subordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.”

Fine words to ponder.