Ready or Not, Year-End Comes

Barreling at the speed of light toward the end of the year, many people feel overwhelmed as all of life’s demands seem destined for a spectacular collision. Family responsibilities, work deadlines, commitments with friends, charitable giving, financial obligations …. all at once it is too tempting to put off some nagging tasks until January rolls around. If you remember them, that is. And that’s assuming you survive the holiday chaos.

Getting organized at the office might be the first step in handling the reigns and preventing social catastrophe. The Web Hounds favorite geeky magazine, Wired, has offered some helpful tips on cleaning up your desk and clearing out your mental to-do’s (according to our favorite "getting-things-done-guru", David Allen). The keys to success lay in writing things down and prioritizing. Sounds simple, but for some people (ahem, yours truly) it takes years to get the hang of systematic organization. I guess the best thing to do is simply take action, start somewhere – anywhere! – and smile to yourself as your to-do’s become to-done’s. Crises averted.