I'm struggling today. There's nothing more frustrating to a get-it-done person like me than struggling to get-it-done. And what I'd aimed to get done wasn't even all that tremendous--it's perfectly within my capability and the time I have to do it in. Or had, as the clock keeps ticking . . and I keep sticking . .
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So, I've done what every hot-blooded procrastinator does--I surfed the 'net. I can defend this to some extent as "research" for my book. Sure.
But I did come across something unique (and free) that reminded me that sometimes, we need to stop struggling and just make it simple. From the guys who brought you Basecamp to help you manage your projects in the cloud, comes tadalists.com. Ta Da--even the name makes me smile--is a simple list maker. That's it. You create your topic, your list items, and it lives out there for you to share with others, check off (or have others check off).
So I did what they asked--I signed up, and made a list. I focused on the project at hand where I'm stuck. Sure, I could have done this in Excel, or in Word, or in an email to myself or hand-scribbled in my notebook. But there was something clean and perfect about making a list this way. And suddenly, having a list of the steps I still need to take helped jump start me from my stuckiness.
It's sometimes the simple that does it.
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