That smile comes from being efficient

People are pretty stupid. Rather than finding out how things really are they choose to believe in things. And in a country that is as secular as Sweden, where a designer's Chihuahua has more pathos than God, it's very strange that people don’t try to find out the facts instead of believing in whatever. I sound angrier than I am. I just wanted a raw tone in the introduction.

I often hear:

- I thought you were so organized.

- I thought you were one of those creative people.

- I would never have believed that you’d have a calendar. You feel like a such a free spirit.

People are pretty stupid. I AM organized. I love lists. I love to check off little boxes on a notepad after a hyper-efficient day. I prefer post-its to cute puppies. The reminder feature on my mobile to cake. Bulletin boards are like sex. I sound more enthusiastic than I am. I just wanted to take it up a notch.

I am very organized, I thought. Until I discovered the Get Things Done-method. Then I realized that I wasn’t very organized. David Allen, however, and all his followers; they are organized. We're talking a whole new level of efficiency. We're talking the Jedi Knights of To-Do lists. We're talking The Matrix Of Checking Things Off and the holy cork bulletin board where efficiency consultants around the world gather each year and post wishes and prayers.

Get Things Done is basically about writing down every thing you should do. Sort out the different tasks in the right projects. In each project, you should sort out things in priority order. Then you have a day-basket where you put the things you should do during the day. And then you just do them. The important thing is that you write out exactly everything that you need to do. And then sort it into the right projects, in the right order of priority. It sounds like a hassle, but by getting everything out of your head and onto paper you relieve your head and get down what you need to do. And during a day you can just do what really needs to be done and you can go back to your list and see exactly what you have achieved.

Now all this sounds really easy. And it is. But there’s more about it to read about. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done

Plus there is a book called Getting Things Done, written by David Allen himself, the guru of efficiency.