Nothing to say

I’m reading David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done. It’s a very well-written, clear method of applying a greater level of organization to all the “stuff” in my life. One of the things I love about his personal productivity tool (compared against nearly EVERY other one I’ve seen) is that he sells no products whatsoever. I don’t buy into his system. I apply his techniques to my life in the way that works for me.

And hopefully, as a result, I greatly reduce my stress levels, and greatly increase my productivity. I’m all for that.

And I start with this mess.

I have no idea what this will look like when I’m done, but I’m still looking forward to it. I still have no idea how I’m going to organize everything. I know this process won’t be what I can consider “done” for at least several weeks, while I create and tweak my systems so that they’re working smoothly.

Then my goal of cleaning the house won’t happen until I get several things worked, photographed, posted, and eventually sold.

This post was intended to be nothing more than a break in the process, so I’m going to get back to it. There is SO MUCH left to do that I took tomorrow off work. The only big deadlines right now are paying some bills (no big deal, financially, so long as I remember to DO IT on time) and getting ready for our engagement photo shoot this weekend (which I’d like to buy a proper outfit for).

Heck, if I can get my life organized enough, I might even start writing regular posts soon!

Hans Monderman is a crazy traffic engineer with a different vision of traffic management, and I’m in love with his ideas.  I just read a Reuters ‘Oddly Enough’ story called Town ditches traffic lights to cut accidents, which led me to find Hans Monderman’s Wikipedia page, which lead me to the Wiki for Shared Space, his concept.

A lot of his ideas have been implemented in northern Europe, which is kinda notoriously progressive.  That makes sense.  What really blew my mind was that it’s also been implemented in small areas of West Palm Beach, FL.  And it’s been immensely effective.  I followed the source for that to the Wired story Roads Gone Wild.  The West Palm stuff is on page 2, and it’s highly recommended reading.

The traffic system is sick, and needs to be fixed.  I eagerly look forward to the proliferation of these ideas, and would love to live in a place where they’ve been implemented.

I would also love to have the sense of satisfaction with my job that Mr. Monderman must have.  I mean, this guy’s saving lives and improving the quality of those lives.  That’s something special.