A friend sent me an interesting text message the other day. He asked: “What’s your biggest time-waster?” I replied with only three mysterious words: “The Grey Zone”. In case you’re wondering, he said his biggest time-waster is figuring out what my cryptic texts mean.
What is The Grey Zone?
The Grey Zone is limbo. [...]
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Between work and leisure – Escaping The Grey Zone
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010ZTD Month 4 (again)
Monday, September 14th, 2009I forgot to mention this. There’s a small chance you noticed there wasn’t a ZTD post this month. I didn’t do month 4’s requirement for the whole month in August, as I didn’t have as many tasks to juggle as I normally do. So I’m repeating it rather than moving straight on to month 5.
Month 4 is [...]
Zen to Done Month 4 – Do
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Zen to Done (ZTD) is an ebook by Leo Babuata of Zen Habits. It’s a step-by-step, month-by-month guide to learning a productivity system based on David Allen’s classic book, Getting Things Done (GTD). GTD is a popular and effective system, but for many people there’s just too much to do at once. [...]
Zen to Done Month 3 – Plan
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Zen to Done (ZTD) is an ebook by Leo Babuata of Zen Habits. It’s a step-by-step guide to internalising a productivity system based on David Allen’s classic book, Getting Things Done (GTD). The idea is that although GTD is a good system, for many people it’s just too much, and people often burn [...]
Is time management important for students?
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009In the first half of my degree, my focus was not entirely on my studies. I spent most of my time in bars and clubs, getting drunk and chasing girls. So naturally, I failed to complete a few essays here and there. In atonement for this, I had to do extra work [...]
Zen To Done – Month 2: Process
Sunday, June 7th, 2009I was knee deep in To Do lists and other paperwork when I decided to follow the Zen To Done (ZTD) course last month. ZTD is a month-by-month guide to adopting a system of organisation based on David Allen’s supremely popular book, Getting Things Done (GTD). It’s hard to give a full overview [...]
Zen To Done – Month 1: Collect
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009As I mentioned earlier, I’m not making as good use of my time as I could be, so it’s time to get organised and start getting more things done. I have decided to take the slow way of doing this, and get into more productive habits over the course of the next ten months. [...]


