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Budgeting and organization

I'm the kind of person that when I try something, I'm all in. Except for in poker that is. For instance, when I stopped smoking in the past, I'd also start running and eating healthy. Now, I'm trying to get my finances in order, do (and stick to a budget) and get my organization skills (what I call the mess of information in my head) implemented or find new ones.

Personal Organization

I'm going to start using my Moleskine more, by using Jerry Brito's tabs hack. Right now, I'm using the poor man's Avery Write-On tabs, yeah that's right, you might know them better as just plain old post-its. And, not only are they the poor mans, Avery labels, they are the poor man's post-its that are Staples Brand. (See Getting Finances in Order below). I also swear by my little black pen.

I do need to re-read Getting Things Done by David Allen as well. I have the portable version of the flow charts from GTD that I downloaded from DIY Planner.

I've been using Remember the Milk as my primary hi-tech list keeper, as well as Mozilla Sunbird for Calendaring. Tangentially, Sunbird's development path is something that absolutely befuddles me.

Getting Finances in Order

Alrighty, so in the past, I've not really been paying much attention to money. This year however, it is one of my primary goals (starting in March apparently) to get all of my finances in order, and centralized. To that end, I've done some of the things that I need to do, and I am going to create a budget for the first time in my life. It is about time don't you think?

Also, I need to get this blog moved over to my new server, but that's all Ruby on Rails, and I don't know rails all that well, and I want to create a Typo template.

What else is on my plate? Studying for Open Water Scuba certification, getting all the details finalized for Chuq o de Mayo, and figuring out what to do with my latest domain purchase. I love lists.

Posted by yakuza at February 24, 2006 06:50 PM | TrackBack