Frode Odegard

So I promised this blog would be less like my corporate blog, less article-like.  And that means shorter, more impromptu posts .  Which is good practice anyway.  I think blogging more will help me get unstuck as a writer, that will be one of the side effects.

I have a gazillion things to complete before I leave for my Oslo trip in less than a week, and the #OsloGTD tweetup has (surprise!) taken up much more of my bandwidth than I thought it would, thanks in part to the fact that we are doing everything for the first time.  The technology partner for the live, world-wide, two-way video/audio streaming is new.  The host for this blogging platform is new, and their software, albeit very user-friendly, doesn't like the video player..  Then there's a corporate tax return, a project I'm involved with for my dad's company, some payroll stuff that needs sorting out, and, oh, I'm giving ANOTHER talk while I'm in Oslo too.    I have projects and next actions for all of these, but not enough hours to get them done..

And it's not just logistical stuff, it's emotional stuff too.  An email showed up from a former friend I had a huge falling out with and I have another friend with whom my relationship has been strained and I'm trying to sort that out and it's been a week since he sent me an email.  He probably thinks I'm ignoring him, but it's there on my @Email list, to reply.  Just haven't gotten to it yet, and now it's bugging me.

Too many projects, too many moving parts, and departure day is coming up soon.  

And I'm late for my lunch downtown because I'm writing this blog post!

Sometimes projects grow in size and complexity faster than we anticipate, and we get caught off guard. If there are two aspects of GTD that I've underestimated it is the importance of the DAILY review as well as the power of the Natural Planning Method - it lets us think more carefully about the delegation opportunities (among other things) as we embark on potentially hairy projects.   My GTD Weekly Review today is going to be about renegotiating committments and delegating more things.