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Why do you feel best about work right before vacation? Because you are organized.

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“When do most people feel best about their work? Just before a yearly vacation.  They think it’s because of their upcoming vacation.  I disagree. It’s because in order to take that vacation they’ve cleaned up, clarified, organized, reviewed, and renegotiated all of their agreements with themselves and others.  They’re highly motivated to be able to walk on the beach, ski the slopes, cast their fly, play eighteen, and ride the rides with their kids without being distracted by un-managed stuff.  What if you could have that freedom of mind weekly instead of yearly?  You can. The Weekly Review.“  – David Allen

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Great and succinct point here - there is no motivation for being organized like not wanting to be bothered for a week. So why not spread that attitude throughout the year?

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Getting Things Done Advanced Workflow Diagram - A Handy Reminder

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While I've been practicing the GTD discipline for years (and preach about it to anyone who makes the mistake of asking how I work so efficiently), every once in a while it helps to look at the process a new way. This helps identify areas of the process where my rigor has been lacking; most recently, I've been letting things sit in my inbox too long without taking the first step on defining what, if any, actions they drive.

This visualization is a nice tool for laying out the process in a clear and uncluttered manner (there was another version, which has since disappeared, that was a bit too busy). If you don't use the GTD process yet, maybe this can give you a sense of how crisp and efficient it can be through the use of defined workflows. I will be posting on my wall, over the version that previously existed.

I'm going to go tackle that inbox now.

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