I spent a miserable evening surrounded by massive messes of stuff (4 1/2 months of unread mail, unfiled taxes, a poor desk setup, bags of clothes, boxes of electronics and office supplies...), a room full of tasks screaming for attention.
My first task: Get the hell out of there, go to a cafe, and spend a few hours reading Getting Things Done. I bought the book shortly before leaving on my trip, and it was in the special kit that past-me prepared for present-me to come home to. I'm reasonably impressed with past-me, as he left me a pile of boxes that allowed me to set up temporary residence at a place of my choosing for a month without getting a moving truck. However, past me had selfish reasons for doing so -- it allowed him to live in the old house for a few days even after the moving truck left.
Even so, I appreciated the gift box to myself. Its highlights included Getting things Done, Refactor Your Wetware, keys and cards to a whole lot of good places, and an iphone.
My first task: Get the hell out of there, go to a cafe, and spend a few hours reading Getting Things Done. I bought the book shortly before leaving on my trip, and it was in the special kit that past-me prepared for present-me to come home to. I'm reasonably impressed with past-me, as he left me a pile of boxes that allowed me to set up temporary residence at a place of my choosing for a month without getting a moving truck. However, past me had selfish reasons for doing so -- it allowed him to live in the old house for a few days even after the moving truck left.
Even so, I appreciated the gift box to myself. Its highlights included Getting things Done, Refactor Your Wetware, keys and cards to a whole lot of good places, and an iphone.
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Date: 2009-06-26 06:00 pm (UTC)Also, your past-you is very nice! You should write a thank you note. Except that you might collapse the timestream and erase the universe if you do that.
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Date: 2009-06-27 12:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-27 07:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-27 08:03 am (UTC)