I've recently been bitten by and "Getting things done" bug. Most of it is because of a site called 43things.com. However, I think subconciously, it was is more about getting organized since I felt a slight bit of personal discombobulation and disorder since the election in November.
For me, not being in control of how my life is going, or not knowing where it is going, causes me some anxiety and makes me search for some order.
I was the 7,219th person to join 43things on February 9, 2005, although that's not important. There have been much psychological analysis on what motivates humans, what makes us tick. One of the most obvious and simplest motivators that has proven extremely effective, is to make a list of tasks, goals, things to do.
This is where 43things comes in. Anyone can sign up, either create their own list of 43 things that they want to do, or peruse other people's lists and choose to join other people's goals. You can only have up to 43 things, and you can re-order them in any way you'd like. The 43things site is funded by Amazon, and run by the Robot Co-op.
One of the goals that I have is to stop smoking. I've been smoke free since April 20, 2005. Yes, ironically, that is 4/20. It hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be, but it's definitely not easy either. I've since completed that goal, so I've moved on to: Quit smoking.
Once you enter a goal, other people can give you what's called a cheer. A cheer is kind of a "Yay, I support you" kind of gesture that you can give one person doing one goal.
43things can also be integrated with your blog, running either Blogger, Live Journal, Movable Type, and WordPress. It's already been integrated with flickr, the photo-sharing site that was bought by Yahoo! It's also been integrated with Upcoming.org so you can find upcoming events in your city.
Anyway, some of my goals are long term goals like inventing something, and some are going to be done next month like visit England. One in fact, is done now.
Posted by yakuza at April 30, 2005 09:47 PM | TrackBack