Stuff - Week 52
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I never realised how much stuff I have until I moved house last year
My garage unfortunately is one of my dumping grounds for stuff I don’t use very often, or should I say stuff I never use. But finally I got sick of walking passed my garage, feeling guilt about the mess
So I took the plunge and I decided to sort out my garage
Yes I decided to do it.
Simple as that
I took the screws and decided where to put them, the bolts and screwdrivers, paints and memorabilia, yes for everything in my garage I decided what to do with it
Chuck it or sort it, with plenty of stuff going straight in the trash.
Hour on hour I felt better and better, and within a few hours I’d finished
When it was completed it, I felt amazing, not just a little pleased but a huge sense of relief. I felt like after years of running a race I had finally crossed a finishing line
No more guilt
Proud that I had taken action when I had not made the effort to do so before
Proud to be an efficient, organised, well presented person, rather than reinforcing the opposite view of myself every time I passed my garage.
So what other stuff, paperwork, equipment, lists, business-cards, memorabilia or anything else do I need to decide what to do with.
What other actions should I take so that my stuff ceases to be something that saps away my positive energy and becomes something that actually makes my life better!
With all that, I’m off to sort out more of my stuff
Till next week get sorted and rid yourself of that guilt.
David Gardner
Ps if you want more idea on how to get organised then get the brilliant CD on "Getting things Done" by David Allen it brilliant. I can't find a link in the UK but I've bought it from his site and it came to the UK without issue.
THE MUST HAVE
"THE ACHIEVERS EDGE"
By Peter Thompson
More Great CD Programs
The Automatic Millionaire -David Bach Discover you Strengths - M Buckingham Richard Branson's Auto biography Brilliant Memory - Dominic O'Brien Think & Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill Freakonomics - Stephen Levitt Getting Things Done - David Allen The Machine That Changed the World Watching the English - Kate Fox
Archives
A Mathematician, a magician and a croupier
Is getting divorced an easy decision?
The Road is better than the Inn
Can't See the Wood for the Trees
Bluebird - A pint of Ale & water speed record
Visualising an Argument with Alien Bowling
Old Friends lead to New Thoughts
Space Shuttle designed on a horses backside
The Mexican Boatman & "Harvard MBA".
3 Blind Men & An Elephant
Someone Everyone Anyone
No-one
12 Questions to
High Performance
The Bee Can't Fly but No-one told the
bee
The Maverick Mindset of
Baseball
Three Men and a Boat
Stop
Two Cannibals & a Beautiful Girl
The Meaning of Life
What was your name again?
Two Frogs
Is Common Sense Possible
An Architects Vision
Does Edison Turn Your Light On
Other books and CDs I've mentioned can be found here
There are loads of great audio programs at Nightingale Conant's ,web site here,
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