Ring binder pleasure..

Over the years I have subscribed to quite a few Photography, Computer and other  magazines, and never threw them out as I wanted to reread them, or so I thought, but over the years they accumulated so much I never got the time to go back through them all and ended up throwing them out. I felt quite disappointed doing this as I felt there was a lot of interesting info, facts, tips etc gone forever. So I decided to get organized and bought about 4or 5 ring binders, some A4 plastic sheets and some large (for the side of the binder) and small stickers.

From then on every time I read a magazine, any interesting ideas, tips etc would be cut out and the page or pages would be placed in a plastic sleeve, the pages numbered and with a blank sheet of paper I wrote the contents and corresponding page number on it, the sheet went to the front of the ring binder in a plastic sheet just like how a book is organized. For each different magazine I used a different binder and on the side of the binder I would label it, what I found was that over time if I wanted a quick read I actually took out a binder from my shelf and would read anything in there just like a book, over time old articles etc get replaced, or if I have digested the information enough I replace with new material. Not only does this keep the binder up to date but it makes you want to read it.

I hope you like this idea.

Early riser..

I thought I would just recap on the post “Get more done” as it seems that a lot of people are trying to get up at 5am but after a few days fail. If you are used to getting up at 8.30am for example dont immediately start to get up at 5am, you will most likely fail, take it in small steps, a little at a time. For example start by getting up at 8.15am for 4 or 5 days then at 8am for another 4 or 5 days and then 7.45am and so on until you reach your goal of 5am. This way your body will slowly adapt to the change. Remember why your doing this, just imagine how much more you can get done, a lot I can tell you. Give it a go and let me know how you get on.

Good luck.

Get more done..

If you are like me and never have time to do all those little things and jobs that you have been meaning to do for such a long time then I highly recommend this site

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser

I have been doing it for about a month now and I can tell you I get more done on a morning than any other time in the day its a brilliant concept and it works, but, and there is a but you need will and discipline. However if you can do it I will guarantee that your productivity will soar, this guy is very good and writes some other excellent articles, give it a go and let me know how you get on as I am interested in how many people try it and succeed.

Good luck.