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Okay, so I don't rec books very often, but dude. dude.
To give context for the flailing: I've recently (read: in the past month or so) had conversations with several different people about the inability to concentrate/focus/get-things-done/organized.
I so very sympathize, because it took the longest fucking time trying to figure out what worked for me and a lot of trial and error. Alot of it was because I frankly hate being tied to time and the fact that I'm a pattern thinker rather than a linear one. And one of the consequences of being a pattern thinker is that when I explain things I don't tend to do it in a very coherent way, so it's hard for me to explain exactly *how* I'm organizing things. Especially since it's a system that superficially looks no different from any other system.
BUT! I found a book! It was completely by random today while browsing my local B&N and I got curious at the title. And when I skimmed through it I went, "huh." And then read it from cover to cover, giggling and being sorta stunned all at once, because most of the stuff they mention I already do. It's methods that I've found works for me, but someone actually wrote it all down! It's this:
Which, y'know, was like a moment of "oh DUH" when I realized that their methods was what I was doing with my folders and lists and post-its. For the longest while I just felt kinda stupid having to do the things I did because I for the life of me cannot get "organized" in the traditional sense. I felt like I was constantly fighting my brain, which should've been able to handle these simple stupid day-to-day shit by normal methods. (...which, gah, yes. I keep forgetting sometimes, that I'm not and probably never will be normal and that "user default settings" will never work right for me.)
It's like...like whoa, there's a name for this! That...that I'm not just, like, incompetent when I depend on these things to keep me organized. Which, honestly? whoa.
To give context for the flailing: I've recently (read: in the past month or so) had conversations with several different people about the inability to concentrate/focus/get-things-done/organized.
I so very sympathize, because it took the longest fucking time trying to figure out what worked for me and a lot of trial and error. Alot of it was because I frankly hate being tied to time and the fact that I'm a pattern thinker rather than a linear one. And one of the consequences of being a pattern thinker is that when I explain things I don't tend to do it in a very coherent way, so it's hard for me to explain exactly *how* I'm organizing things. Especially since it's a system that superficially looks no different from any other system.
BUT! I found a book! It was completely by random today while browsing my local B&N and I got curious at the title. And when I skimmed through it I went, "huh." And then read it from cover to cover, giggling and being sorta stunned all at once, because most of the stuff they mention I already do. It's methods that I've found works for me, but someone actually wrote it all down! It's this:
Organizing for the Creative Person: Right-Brain Styles for Conquering Clutter, Mastering Time, and Reaching Your Goals
(ebay link, Powell's link, Powell's link to another book that's similar)
Which, y'know, was like a moment of "oh DUH" when I realized that their methods was what I was doing with my folders and lists and post-its. For the longest while I just felt kinda stupid having to do the things I did because I for the life of me cannot get "organized" in the traditional sense. I felt like I was constantly fighting my brain, which should've been able to handle these simple stupid day-to-day shit by normal methods. (...which, gah, yes. I keep forgetting sometimes, that I'm not and probably never will be normal and that "user default settings" will never work right for me.)
It's like...like whoa, there's a name for this! That...that I'm not just, like, incompetent when I depend on these things to keep me organized. Which, honestly? whoa.
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::nods:: I've...given up on my brain in that regard. I just write it down somewhere, anywhere, and keep the paper and later empty out my bag and write it all down somewhere where it'll keep.
That'd sidestep the problem where every item on the list has equivalent weight, and I feel just as accomplished reading that new comic as I do finishing some project.
::nods:: they address this in the book actually.