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I really enjoyed this articles point about taking time (measured in months or even years) to truly develop an organized workflow. I’ve read David Allen’s Getting Things Done about 1.5 times (read it once and have re-read several sections) and have many of his suggestions built into my daily organization and workflow. But, it is difficult and patience has many rewards.

I especially enjoyed the comment on why it is so important to do some self-study to discover why you need to make changes. I truly believe, without having a real, true and deep motivation to succeed in developing an effective workflow, you will always sell out to the short-term gain. After another rushed back-to-school effort at work, I held myself together rather well. I was not able to keep everything on my computer, but did manage to hold the requests together. From here, the semester should roll rather well with the system in place and ready for some nudges here and there.