Showing posts with label mindfulness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mindfulness. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Post-Holiday Mind

So I've fallen back into the rut of dull posts of late, just recording events. Well, as enjoyable as this Christmas holiday has been (and it has), it doesn't really make for great postings as my mind has been generally on just enjoying the moment (unusually for me). With the working year about to force it's way back into my life tomorrow, the mind re-emerges from this holiday-mode bliss and maybe I'll have some drivel to blog about again.
I suppose I should have been at work today but as we're all still just getting on our feet post-vomitting virus I went easy on myself. So today has been a sort of limbo-day where, in the background, I've started to try and reconnect with various work-related thoughts and tasks. To be honest it's been a struggle to remember where I'm at, so I hope I can pull off a convincing 'committed' return tomorrow when in reality I've had a complete brain-wipe and I'm totally chilled. For myself I'm pleased about this mental state, but I don't suppose work contacts would be that thrilled if I were to share my enlightenment.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Trusted System

One of the hurdles for me in implementing a GTD-type system in my life is deciding on the Trusted System. I've thought for a long time that this system is a single entity and I was stuck deciding between something real or something electronic. The something real would be some type of organiser thing containing lots of lists and actions and when I lost this object I'd be screwed. The electronic thing would be computer based which would be rendered useless if I didn't have a pc or internet connection to hand. I've only just begun to think that I've been completely wrong. Neither of the two approaches is the Trusted System. The Trusted System is the whole thing! Duh. The real object and the electronic approach are just Capture Devices. I can run both if I like as long as I process them as inputs into my system. I think get it now. What a dufus!

See? When I'm online more I can blog about any stupid thought that pops up and then I can stop rambling about it in my own head. Therefore it's a bit quieter in there. Hence better mindfulness and hopefully a bit of GTD!