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June 24, 2005

Windows of Time

I'm often presented with unexpected windows of time when I'm looking for something to do. Since I'm on planes so much (14 this month) I get chunks time where I don't have access to my computer or phone. This week I was on a little prop plane from Dulles to White Plains, sitting on the tarmac for 2 hours since the state of New York was apparently closed due to thunderstorms. I was happy to have my "Read/FYI" folder with me, as we suggest in Getting Things Done. I pulled it out and was able to read some stuff that had been in there for a while. This is a folder for all of my nice to read kind of stuff that never makes it on to an Action list.

Here are all of the plastic file folders I travel with:

1. Action Support (holds single action items not related to a project)
2. Waiting For (support materials for items on my Waiting For list)
3. Inbox (collects receipts, notes and anything to be processed)
4. Read/FYI (nice to read--not critical reads which would be in the Action Support folder)
5. Travel Support (holds itineraries, maps, confirmations etc.)

Having these with me (all together about 3" thick) means I can choose to be productive anywhere I am. And then of course there are those times when I find myself looking through the SkyMall catalog yet again...

Posted by Kelly at 08:51 AM | Comments (0)

June 12, 2005

Limiting Input

One of the best things I've done to limit junk input coming to our house was to get us on the Do Not Call List and off the Direct Marketing List. The Do Not Call List reduced our telemarketer calls down from about 10 a week to nearly none. For the few that still trickled in--who were legally allowed to because we were a current customer--I requested to be put on their Do Not Contact lists by contacting their customer service departments directly. Getting off the Direct Marketing Lists eliminated nearly ALL credit card offers and junk mail from companies I don't do business with. Now we get mail we actually want.

Posted by Kelly at 03:08 PM | Comments (1)