The Tyranny of the To Do List

Today I had a rare day to spend time looking at my business, assessing what's working and what isn't and jotting down ideas for improvements and new initiatives.

(I was supposed to have 2 days like that, but yesterday got eaten up with emails and phone calls and questions and last-minute client projects and before I knew it, our cats were looking for their evening meal and dusk was falling!)

It's amazing how many things I think of on these rare days. They never fail to help me come up with at least one good idea - often more than that.

So why do they happen so infrequently?

I wonder if I'm alone or of there are others like me. Is everyone else setting aside quality time every week to work on planning and thinking? I have a sneaking suspicion that the answer is no. That many people are like me, too busy with the day-to-day to stop and reflect.

But I also have a sneaking suspicion that I could do something about it if I put my mind to it. Hmm ... I'll have to give that some thought the next time I have a moment free.

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[QuestingElf]

I'm an avid practitioner of GTD, Getting Things Done by David Allen. He's developed quite a following over the past few years.

You can get his popular Getting Things Done book to learn how to collect, process, organize, review and do things on your to-do lists.