About 5 years ago, I became Director IT & Organization at an SME. I had been leading several teams and a whole software development department before, so I thought I was familiar with a staccato of ever-changing tasks. It turned out that I wasn't familiar with the staggering diversity of my tasks. My system of personal organization was faltering, although the level and frequency of my tasks hadn't changed that much.

As a a matter of fact, I didn't really have a «system of personal organization».

Bookshops are favorite places of mine, but at that time, I was carrying that passion to the extreme. There wasn't probably any time / task / priority / self management guide that I didn't hold at least three times in my hands, skimming the pages for any hints. That's when I stumbled upon Getting Things Done (GTD). It wasn't love at  » Read more

GTD on D*I*Y Planner: MaterialsWhat options do I have to maintain a reliable system if I prefer to stay «unplugged»? This time, I'm going to present a variant I've tried for a few weeks, using the D*I*Y Planner printable templates.  » Read more

GTD on Post-Its: MaterialsWhat options do I have to maintain a reliable system if I prefer to stay «unplugged»? This time, I'm going to present a Post-It variant I've tried for a few weeks:  » Read more

To work only four hours per week and still lead a life of adventure and luxury - Tim Ferriss says you can do it, in his book «The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich».

Part of his concept is to outsource time-consuming, but well-definable tasks (he's calling that «Geo-Arbitrage»). Doing some experiments, i want to find out whether this can work and how.

The task

My goals are:  » Read more