It’s not our fault, as a species we were not designed to keep up with today’s demands.

We still find ourselves lying in bed at night with random, and often unhelpful, reminders popping into our consciousness with no sense of priority or importance. Even the best humans, the most successful people, still forget the milk. Holy shit David Allen, you’re right! We suck at remembering things. The mind is for having ideas, not holding them – David Allenĭavid Allen very famously believes that “the mind is for having ideas, not holding them” – and the minute I read that I came to believe with all of my heart that it was true. This is one of the rare books in my lifetime that I have read more than once. (EDIT: It's BACK!!! g) I then learned that the concepts used in that series were based upon David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done (GTD)”. “The Secret Weapon” is no longer around, but it was a series that helped people set up the then-popular note-taking app Evernote thus that it could be effectively used as a tag-based task management system. Some years back I stumbled upon a web series called “The Secret Weapon”, and the principles contained therein changed my life, and the way I get work done, and helped me to allow space back into my brain for creativity. I was losing track of everything that mattered. I was not advancing on any of my goals, or even defining them. I used to think about this for a minute, and then jump to that, back and forth forever… I’d pace around worrying about all the things I forgot, and feel guilty about all the things I should and should not have been doing. Now, I don’t know about you but I’m pretty scatterbrained, and I smoke a lot of pot.

There’s a lot going on and it’s a lot to keep track of. I run media and photography company, participate in community art events, and local government and community programs. We make a ton of commitments on a daily basis in all facets life: Commitments to ourselves, our families, employers, communities, friends, and schools. My name is Luke and I, (like you) am very very busy.

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