Getting all my shit in one sock

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Perry Winkle

I have an iPhone 4 I could easily part with. It's just a glorified alarm clock these days. (I went back to a dumb phone after 3 years with smart-phones.)

That sounds even better than a palm pilot. How about I finish carving that coinspinner handle for you as a trade?

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

There's also the iPod Touch -- does everything but make phone calls.

I'll put in another vote for the smartphone. I used to be able to hold all my thoughts /to dos in my head, but now by the time I take two steps I've often forgotten where I'm going. I tried pen and paper, but I tended to lose them or forgot that I'd written anything down in the first place. I use the iPhone for jotting down pretty much everything, and my phone is much easier to find when I lose it, and to date has never gone through the wash. (Unlike pens, which explode, and paper, which ends up a little illegible gray blob in the lint trap.)

I keep my little illegible gray blobs in my jeans pocket.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

There's also the iPod Touch -- does everything but make phone calls.

And even without phone calls, it can still do FaceTime connections to other iProducts.

[infinite monkey]

So, foot, an electronic device will fix your life. Run and buy one. No matter the cost. You gotta spend money to make (har)money.

I'm going to put in my resignation today. I will need to get a better phone so I can fix my life.

[DanaC]

Seriously? You going to do that? Awesome.

[Chocolatl]

Infi, you're giving notice? I'm happy for you, that you'll be getting out of that poisonous environment. Good luck with everything!

[infinite monkey]

No. I am thinking about it. I need to give it a bit more time.

I didn't want to further derail foot's electronics thread, so I followed up in 'what's upsetting...'

[Pete Zicato]

As I'm sure you know, it's important to use the right tool for the job.

For planning/life planning - outliner or thought organizer (depending on whether you think in outlines or networks)

For todos - todo software with alarms

For life issues - self analysis. Example: If you are consistently disorganized and running late for meetings, then you have not done all the meeting prep you should have and did not allow sufficient time.

Each time this happens, take a mental note of the things you don't have handy (or don't have prepared) for a meeting. Make note of the class of things not ready and put these on the meeting prep list for next time.

Also make note of how much time you allowed to get ready. Add additional time. Set your new phone or whatever to start annoying you that much ahead of the next meeting.

And then, of course, you have to be willing to get your butt out of the chair when the alarm goes off.

I used to be really bad at this too. I'm enough better now that I feel ok in this area.

[footfootfoot]

Those are habits I need to form, Pete.

[footfootfoot]

My buddy was trying to talk me into that last night. I think I'm all hooked up for now.

[limey]

How's the shit/sock ratio now foot3?

[BigV]

good question.

and what about your eggshell walkabout, hm?

[footfootfoot]

I've been throwing a lot of shit away, boxing some up, and gathering what's left into a sock. Moving ahead, slowly and steadily. Bought some groceries and put them in the new place. Picked up the ball joints for my car, putting those in.

Sweeping up the eggshells and putting them in the compost.

Things are mostly amicable, though eternally my fault. If that's what it takes...

[orthodoc]

Amicable is great, even with the subtitles. Stay strong, compost those eggshells, and keep brewing.