Time Management Tips
I received this edition today. Made me laugh. Some items on the list are comical, but it does leave a feeling that, in principle - he's right.
My copy of the book went west (literally, I loaned it to a friend who took it to France to read on her holiday and it decided to stay there. I've just ordered another copy of F**k It from the excellent Book Depository site - free shipping and low prices).
F**k It Time Management Tips (or as many as I've got time to think up anyway)
I threw a few of these up on Facebook recently (join if you've not already - The F**k It Way) and people all over the world are now doing silly things in order to do less.
1. Make a to do list with most important at the top, most frivolous and fun at the bottom. Then prioritise from the bottom.
2. Put all urgent papers in a box and hide it in the wardrobe, it soon feels like you have absolutely nothing to do.
3. Put a filter on all incoming e-mails so they redirect to 'spam'.
4. The Victorians said that 'procrastination is the thief of time'. But they're all dead. Put off whatever you can and do something more fun and fulfilling.
5. Instead of trying to work out what you can do that's important and meaningful, wonder what you can do that is playful, silly and meaningless.
6. Play with your kids more.
7. Remember the 80:20 rule... 80 divided by 20 makes 4.
No, that's not it... this is it... 20% of what you do creates 80% of your joy, or fulfillment, or rewards, or income. So find that 20% and dump the rest.
8. Watch less porn.
9. Eat less (it saves time and means you need less sleep).
10. Do only what you'd do if you had all the time in the world.
11. Do only what you'd do if you only had a short time left on this planet.
12. Do only what you'll remember fondly when you're old.
(If you're old... well done).
13. Relax more. Always.
14. Be very careful with To Do lists. They're like pain killers - necessary occasionally, but use wisely and only in small doses.
15. Stop reading tips and go play.
F**k It, I'm off to play too,
John
P.S. If you think the list is absurd I recommend you read my mate Linds Redding's blog about living with cancer if you wonder if the things you obsess about are really worth doing.
