Comments on: Happy 2008! http://unionstreet.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/happy-2008/ Second-order observations on sociology, education, politics, culture, and whatever else catches my interest... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:49:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Peter http://unionstreet.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/happy-2008/#comment-396 Peter Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:33:51 +0000 http://unionstreet.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/happy-2008/#comment-396 Oh just you wait, eventually you will get sucked into David Allen, 43folders, and buying a Mac. Then we can talk. Oh just you wait, eventually you will get sucked into David Allen, 43folders, and buying a Mac. Then we can talk.

]]> By: Andrew http://unionstreet.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/happy-2008/#comment-394 Andrew Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:13:37 +0000 http://unionstreet.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/happy-2008/#comment-394 Peter, very true: how unproductive are these conversations about productivity...and yet how seemingly socially obligatory! :-) Peter, very true: how unproductive are these conversations about productivity…and yet how seemingly socially obligatory! :-)

]]> By: Peter http://unionstreet.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/happy-2008/#comment-392 Peter Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:14:46 +0000 http://unionstreet.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/happy-2008/#comment-392 I've had this same conversation, and as a faithful resolution-maker, my own strategy is not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. If my resolution is to 'get stuff done', and I get stuff done in January, and forget by March, well that's more than I did before January.. About productivity, I'm beginning to understand it's endemic to the modern (US) society, as I've had that conversation about 5,000 times in the last 6 months to 3 years. :) I’ve had this same conversation, and as a faithful resolution-maker, my own strategy is not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. If my resolution is to ‘get stuff done’, and I get stuff done in January, and forget by March, well that’s more than I did before January..

About productivity, I’m beginning to understand it’s endemic to the modern (US) society, as I’ve had that conversation about 5,000 times in the last 6 months to 3 years. :)

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