This weekend I sent Eric and Ingrid out to have fun (they went swimming, and to Junibacken) so I could finally clear all the papers off my desk and do a GTD (Getting Things Done) weekly review. It had been way longer than a week since last time and I felt like I had lots of uncaptured tasks floating around.

Well, now both the projects and next actions have been captured, and I have them all under control. The flip side is that I now know exactly how much stuff there is that I should be doing instead of spending time in front of the computer. The lists are shockingly long. My list of next actions, which I’ve previously mostly managed to fit onto Post-Its on one A4 page, now cover the best part of three pages.

The flip side of that, in turn, is that I feel challenged. There is nothing like a bit of pressure to get me moving. Time to get those lists down to size again!