One of the biggest inhibitions to creativity and creating mindful work environments is the stress that accumulates from the looming cloud of vague commitments. In an age addicted to the hyper-speed of technology, e-mails, meetings, tasks and “stuff” flying around - the stress from trying to hang on to what we need to get done is often overwhelming.
Recently, I have ben exploring David Allen’s Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity - aka, GTD - a method for getting all the thoughts out of your head, into an organized system, where a concrete next-action can be supplied for each task. I discovered a free open-source package called Thinking Rock to process all the thoughts that have been eating away at my attention and energy.
For the next 21 days, I am going to use this software, to see if it really increases my productivity and lowers my stress. If I lower my stress, how will I manage to stay awake at my desk?!?