Ive been doing alot of research lately about organizational methods. Now I dont mean corporate or business structure methods, but personal. How does one stay personally organized and focused. It has definetely become something important to me as I embark upon the next chapter of life as a husband. In order to give my wife a proper amount of time, Ive got to make sure I give myself and my work time as well. And that requires being organized.

Now I know there are a thousand and one sites on the web that can help with my tasks and goals, such as http://rememberthemilk.com, but these sites quickly become irrelevant to me as I spend more time inputing tasks than I do actually doing them. It just becomes a pain to make sure everything is up to date and the data is entered properly. In that same time I could have quickly written it down in a notebook and actually made some headway on my tasks. And it seems thats how one of the biggest Web Strategists today does it as well.

On a recent blog post, Jeremiah Owyang talks about how he uses a moleskin notebook to keep himself organized. It just seemed odd to me as I read it how someone who is so busy and on the move actually WRITES things down. But you know what, it works for him, and thats whats important. As much as I might try to pretend like a digital solution is the best for me, the quickness and ease of using good old fashioned pen and paper might be what I need to stay ahead of my ever expanding list of things to do.

I highly recommend you read his post, but more importantly, read the comments below it. It was great seeing the variety of methods people use to stay organized, and I’ve added a few to my list to try out.

ps. on comment 8 Michelle refers to writing “Morning Pages.” I did some research on what they actually are and they seem like such a great idea that I think Ill be starting tomorrow.