{"id":4512,"date":"2020-04-07T16:25:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T14:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/?p=4512"},"modified":"2020-04-08T15:51:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T13:51:13","slug":"cutting-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/cutting-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting wood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI know why so many people like chopping wood.<\/strong>
It\u2019s an activity where you see an immediate result.\u201d<\/strong>
– Einstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m pragmatic. Things must be practical, easy to use and preferably work the first time I use them. I like seeing immediate results, even if they are small. In the context of Einstein\u2019s quote, I would call this my \u201ckindling\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is probably why I really liked David Allen\u2019s GTD\u00ae method (Getting Things Done). It teaches you how to identify the first action you need to take to get a project of any size off the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becoming French was a project that I only started working on after procrastinating for two years. Why? Because it looked like it was going to involve a lot of red tape and be very complicated. But the day I identified the first action in the maze of paperwork, it was surprisingly simple: phoning the prefecture and asking what the exact procedure was. Easy-peasy! I made the first call and all the other actions just followed on until I gained French citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What project are you procrastinating about at the moment where you need to identify the first action, an action that\u2019s bound to be simple?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI know why so many people like chopping wood.It\u2019s an activity where you see an immediate result.\u201d– Einstein I\u2019m pragmatic. Things must be practical, easy to use and preferably work the first time I use them. I like seeing immediate results, even if they are small. In the context of Einstein\u2019s quote, I would call this my \u201ckindling\u201d. This is probably why I really liked David Allen\u2019s GTD\u00ae method (Getting Things Done). It teaches you how to identify the first action you need to take to get a project of any size off the ground. Becoming French was a project that I only started working on after procrastinating for two years. Why? Because it looked like it was going to involve a lot of red tape and be very complicated. But the day I identified the first action in the maze of paperwork, it was surprisingly simple: phoning the prefecture and asking what the exact procedure was. Easy-peasy! I made the first call and all the other actions just followed on until I gained French citizenship. What project are you procrastinating about at the moment where you need to identify the first action, an action that\u2019s bound to be simple?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2289],"tags":[2511,2510,2512,2513,2514],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n