Yesterday, I spent time in really going through 25 Best Time Managment tools and tips and some part of the Getting Things Done. With new found knowledge, I decided to put some learning into play.

I started the weekend (plus two days vacation time), with a goal to simplify the whole house! Instead, I have a vision for my life (at least as it stands currently) and values/standards or principles that I live (and want to) by.

Focusing on fulfiling those values, I have set goals for the year! Some of these are large and some are tiny, but they are there, with a deadline by which I want to get done. For example, Decluttering and finishing some decorative aspects for home has a deadline by June this year and yet another for spring/summer plantation. These are great project titles, but a project is only as good as its action items and and mini-milestone deadline dates. So, I put into play excel, outlook and notepad to jot down the "What needs doing", and "When it needs doing by" and "What I do need to (note: did not say "like to") do to get to end result". This system is out on trial! It is only as good as the efforts put in for its up keep. So, I am going to try it out for the month and do a review towards the end of the month on what worked or what didn't.

Pst: I will blog as I go to write what is working and what is not. Oh! and I am happy to report that my closets look spic-span with four categories: Keeping stuff, Donating stuff (already in my car and ready for Goodwill), Craiglist/Yard sale stuff, and finally Altering stuff (professional or me). It is fantastic to know that I had four black skirts! a zillion other shirts that were way-way to big for me (yeah, I still had them). Also, completely categorized my yarn stash, with yarn-don't-remember-what-I-am-going-to-do-with-you, and ongoing-not-yet-completed-knitting/crocheting-projects.

All in all! I would say a perfectly productive and getting loads of things done and all of them feed into fulfiling my vision! Simplification is Sweet!