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| Jan 25, 2008 7:07 pm |
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re: Anyone have any ideas on handling obsessive thoughts about systems? |
Ingrid Webster
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Hello Art,
ouch, ouch, ouch! Yes, that sounds vaguely if not accurately familiar. I have bunches of collections with little notes or tidbits, addresses and other information with the result that I forget to look at them alltogether.
The only "system" that really incurred any change is "time". Or , as a teacher of mine once explained, do nothing and time will take care of the problem.
Needless to say, this got me into a lot of trouble over the years.
I will start a new compilation of notes with all the best intention, and then one day they will have slipped my mind completely and I start a new one and so forth.
You have no idea how many address books and files and lists I have, how many unanswered emails, how many unfinished tasks and projects.
But then, looking at it with a little humour in mind, I discover that through all that "unfinished business" there is quite a load of things that actually does get done. plus the note taking process helps me in an odd way to keep at least somewhat focused and it fosters a ton of creativity. The one thing I don't allow to happen is for none of these items to grow mold or worse, I'm trying to keep it clean and neat and organized (if I really may use that expression).
So if there is someone with a miracle fix, there are now two people who could use it!
Friendly greetings
Ingrid Webster
The Neverending Necklace
"A String of Love and Peace going around the World"
http://www.addbeads.com
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