When you have far too many things to do, how do you proceed? Any good organizing tips? Do you follow an established procedure, wing it, freeze up, or...? How do you Get Things Done?

-- ann monroe (monroe@chorus.net), March 17, 2000

Answers

wow. talk about describing my current state of affairs! when i have WAY too many things to do, i deal in one of two ways:

1. I enter "attack mode." I make a list of every single possible little thing and get it all done in one day (when possible), racing all over town here and there and everywhere...efficiently driving to the farthest place first, and then stopping along the way home at other spots. Then i get home and for some reason perceive everything i just did as happening *yesterday* because there's no way i ever do that much normally.

2. I enter "deer-in-the-headlights mode." I think about everything i have to do, get completely overwhelmed, and play a CD instead. not very effective, but a little diversion can be a healthy thing every now and then.

-- libzie, sublord of molecular biology and getting it together (libzie@yahoo.com), April 05, 2000.