Getting Organised

I am a terribly organised person.  It is a funny thing because people tend to think I am super organised.  With my blogs, full time work, a part time job,  part time university and gaming everyone seems to get the idea that I am on top of things as a whole.  The truth can not be further from that reality.

Truth is that I work well under pressure and so I tend to leave everything to the last minute.  While I know that this is what I do, sometimes it bites me badly in the bottom.  Like this week when I had to have an assignment due and when it came to the day I was hit by a bout of man flu.  means I have to take a big hit to my score and it is my fault.  No one else to blame, totally my fault.

The true view from my window is guarded by the evil cat Onyx...

I also looked at the things that I have lined up to do and realised that this style of approach (leaving things to the last minute) is unsustainable.  See, I have three reviews to do on products for the other blog.  Each of these is going to actually contain an interview with people at the companies.  I have three more assignments due soonish, a game every week (sometimes three) and also have to fit time in for the family and my part time job.  Not to mention continuously thinking about my teaching role.

So I have to get organised.  I have begun to use my calendar a bit more in an effort to keep me up to date with what I am doing, need to be doing and where I need to be.  One of the things that I am looking at is Google Calendar in line with my Linux distribution.  Problem is that I am having troubles syncing the calendar on to my phone (being an iPhone) and I tend to use my phone a lot to remind me what to do.  Apple in their brilliance decided that Linux was not to get the iTunes application for us.  Apparently they hate us!

So I have two weeks off from my teaching job as we ended Term 1 today.  In that two weeks I intend to get organised.  I will explore my options as it comes to calendars, scheduling and work required.  I will attempt to set up schedules (I shudder at the thought, I hate lists and schedules) and also some form of rewards for me to use to keep me on track!  If anyone out there in reader land has some ideas for me I would love to hear them.

Anyway, that is what the view is like from my window today!