I'm not usually a fan of productivity methods, partly because they mostly tell you to be more organized, and I'm a little TOO organized.  I actually spend more time organizing than I do doing - so I have the opposite problem of what these books are addressing.  But I also suffer from information overload, like, a lot.  When Tamara recommended I read Bit Literacy, I was skeptical but figured "It's short, what the hell."  We also happened to be going on a business trip that week so I read it on the plane.

What I like about it is that it isn't really about getting organized - the basic idea is being pretty ruthless about what you keep hanging over your head.  As a result of using Gootodo, I've actually become less scheduled.  No more excel spreadsheet of life.  I'm a lot more relaxed and available to my life as a result.

Today I'm celebrating finally getting my inbox to ZERO.  That's right, there are currently NO messages in my inbox.  Many of the things Mark Hurst recommends in Bit Literacy having to do with email I already did (being discerning about filing things away and deleting), but I would let emails sit in my inbox for months - these were emails I didn't have time or priority to handle, but figured I should respond to someday.  I have gotten much more honest about what I'm going to handle and what I'm not, I handle what I need to quickly and immediately, and I'm ruthless with the delete key.  And as a result, today I am down to zero.

It feels awesome.