I've been trying to get better organized since the week before Thanksgiving using David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology. I like how he stesses doing things according to your energy levels. At night, I often find myself sitting on the couch watching TV, too tired to do anything substantial, but kind of restless watching the tube.

So I created a list of things I can do while watching TV. It has the obvious things like sewing, manicure, etc. But it also includes things I can do on my laptop like refining my daughter's wedding guest list, searching the Internet for a book, paying bills on the Internet, answering email. Last night, I managed a phone book issue I had with my cell phone while watching Father Corapi. The task wasn't completely mind absorbing, so I was able to grasp a lot of Fr. Corapi's talk while taking care of some business.

I am very happy that I bought a laptop last summer even though I wasn't sure I needed one. It has been very useful to my productivity as I'm not always tied to one room to work.