If you ever find yourself emotionally caught up in the need to get organized, if you continually try new techniques or apps only to abandon them in favor of something else, if you are on a never ending quest to find the perfect time management system, stop.
Just stop.
The perfect time management system doesn’t exist.
There are many productive, happy people in the world who use almost no system at all.
The have a calendar. They make a list of what they need to do for the day. They have files they can turn to when they need something. And. . . that’s about it.
The don’t make elaborate lists, with tags and contexts for every task. A post it note is usually enough.
They don’t obsess over goal setting. They might not set any goals at all.
But their system works. They don’t forget things. And they never worry about having too much to do.
Their system works because they trust their subconscious mind. They know that it knows what’s important and will tell them what to do next.
Don’t hate on them. Learn from them. They’re right, you know. Your subconscious mind knows what you need to do.
I know, you’re life is complicated and you need more. You can still use your favorite tools and techniques. Just don’t obsess over them, or spend so much time tweaking them that you don’t have time for anything else.
The new year is almost upon us. That’s a good time to re-think your system. Get rid of things that aren’t serving you and simplify everything else.
You might want to mentally start over. Pretend you have no system. One by one, add back things that work.
No system is right for everyone. Find the one that works for you.
What me worry? Nah, I use Evernote to organize everything.
