GTD… or not

Well, if you recognize the acronym, you’ll see it’s that big productivity buzzword… getting things done. For me, I’d like to subscribe to the notion, but realize, somehow, I’m not the person to actually get into it, even if I try. I’m not sure if it’s due to my own personality, my mood, or generally, my environment. I have a TON of things to get done, but I over subscribe my time with with other projects an activities, although I’m pretty sure I should cut back on both. SoundtrackNet is suffering a bit, namely noticable through the low ad revenues, but that could also be a little bit due to the slow movie season and the general economic state nowadays. I’d like to put more time into it, but it’s tough trying to slip in maintaining the household, work, and then just trying to unwind at the end of a week. I know I have a ton of reviews I need to get cracking through… some of which I should just sit down and do (maybe tomorrow). I’ve got business paperwork to complete… it’s sitting here… just begging to get done. I have the tail end of a few projects and the begginings of others scattered about, fromt he DVD digitizing to the start of digitizing paper work (clutter reduction effort). I need to stop TiVO-ing movies, although, they’d go a bit towards being able to complete other reviews, as I now have the movies available for viewing.

Work’s been keeping me busy, although some things are requiring more effort than others, disproportionally to the value I see in them. Hopefully just some plugging and chugging will get them completed, although the motivation factor was way low last week. Also due to an NPR story, I’m also considering a household inventory project, namely to have a, well, inventory of all the crap in the house. I have a lot of crap, so it’s probably nessesary, in many cases (some of you are aware of possible others).

Stuck having to carry the weight of most of the household activities pretty much kills my motivation, single or married, I’m not sure if anything has changed or would change. Granted, when I was single, I didn’t have to generate food on a schedule, nor be nagged about other things that could wait… god I miss those days. Hopefully today, now Sunday, I can make some progress on my things after some catch-up sleep, but I’m sure, you-know-who will nag about something or other…

We should have the roofers by tomorrow, wether and time permitting, so there’s another $900 out of pocket… plus I have another expense getitng the front of the hosue taken care of… why is it always me having to think and do things for people… arrgh, one of those times I wished I was one of those Internet start-up darlings with a mil or two int he pocket to do what I thought was a “good idea at the time” that I keep reading about in Tech Crunch’s Deadpool. I’d make even a mil run for two years… I’m frugal… plus, If I can run our business on $500 a month, minus some other amenities, I think that infusion would go for a long time.

Sorry for the rambling… time for bed and a clearer mind…  cheers.

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