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GOE - GETTING ORGANIZED EXPERIMENT - DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT

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Your first "assignment" or task will be to create a dedicated work area for yourself, and gather some materials you will be using to get started.

1. You really should have some dedicated area with some desk space or counter space where you can concentrate and spend some time specifically on going through your todo lists, notes, etc.  You are going to want to get into the habit of going to this place and focusing on your tasks, so try to find a quiet place with a clear area that won't distract you.  Now would be a good time to clean off your desk or go shopping for a little computer desk to put in the corner.

2. Secondly, almost all of the systems we will be looking at deal with keeping lists of some sort (todo lists, idea lists, task lists, etc.). Depending on how you work best, go to an office supply shop and buy yourself some basic stuff:
  • post-it notes, file folders, a notebook or two, some blank paper, index cards (my personal favorite), stapler, paper clips/binders, calendar, in/out box, an automatic labeler (GTD author highly recommends this but its not cheap)

Read more about this first assignment and the 3 month GTD/GOE project..



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