My Imagination Did It

Being organized always makes my day smoother, yet I am unable to consistently organize myself and my environment. Why is this? Why do I procrastinate and then rush, while getting frustrated about the fact that I do not have sufficient time? Why do I ignore the instructions and then try to figure it out on my own?

This morning I am sitting shaking my head at all these bad habits that I have formed, wondering if I will ever get rid of them. Trust me, I certainly would like to be the person who always get my work done. I would love to be the one who has it all together and not the one who often times push the tasks to another day only because I just didn’t plan for that day. So where do I start?

I was once of the belief that keeping a calendar and a ‘to do’ book was the key, but I have since learned that those tools are not as effective for me because I fail to always read them and I either miss or ignore the alarms for the ones on my phone, iPad, or laptop. I more often than not miss these alarms because none of these gadgets are on or around me all the time, and some of the times, they are turned off. As such, I think I would greatly benefit from a talking calendar and or a ‘to do’ book if these were my only option.

This device would announce upcoming tasks at least one hour in advance and would send me reminders at least fifteen minutes before the start time. It would provide weekly, monthly, and yearly reviews in order for me to keep up with my workload and my completed tasks. It would also have motivational quotes that it would recite at the end of every reminder in an effort to motivate me into acting. In addition, and to prevent me from missing these announcements, this device must be capable of transferring information to every electronic device that I own, thereby, allowing the announcement to find me wherever I am at the time. This gadget will be very sensitive to me and will be somewhat like an electronic personal assistant. Wouldn’t that be super cool?

Ok geniuses out there in computer land, please get busy because I need this gadget ‘like yesterday.’ I need to be more productive so that this growing pile on my desk can be reduced, and all my daily tasks can be achieved. Until then, I am gonna sit right here and just stare…

Well, maybe not, I do need to get organized.