Jonathan Oxer
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>> Catching up with life
Mon, Apr 30th 2:18pm 2007 >> Misc
Sometimes it seems that the conveyor belt of life moves just a bit too fast and it's hard to keep up with where I should be. I've been buried recently so I've decided it's time for some clear-the-decks, get-caught-up action. First step in spring-cleaning my life is working through the email backlog: my unactioned email queue had crept up past the 3500 mark so I've been frantically (and brutally) triaging them over the last week or so and managed to get it down to 411 as of this moment.
I've even had a go at sorting out my desks (both home and work) because I find it very frustrating working while surrounded by piles of paper and miscellaneous junk. I have to fight the urge to just shove it all in a wheelie bin and start with a clean slate, and important lost documents be damned. But I can't do that unfortunately so I have to actually sort through stuff first and decide what can and can't be junked while working my way toward Clear Desk Nirvana. I'm not there yet, but at least I'm getting a little bit closer.
Sometimes it seems that the conveyor belt of life moves just a bit too fast and it's hard to keep up with where I should be. I've been buried recently so I've decided it's time for some clear-the-decks, get-caught-up action. First step in spring-cleaning my life is working through the email backlog: my unactioned email queue had crept up past the 3500 mark so I've been frantically (and brutally) triaging them over the last week or so and managed to get it down to 411 as of this moment.
I've even had a go at sorting out my desks (both home and work) because I find it very frustrating working while surrounded by piles of paper and miscellaneous junk. I have to fight the urge to just shove it all in a wheelie bin and start with a clean slate, and important lost documents be damned. But I can't do that unfortunately so I have to actually sort through stuff first and decide what can and can't be junked while working my way toward Clear Desk Nirvana. I'm not there yet, but at least I'm getting a little bit closer.
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