How I Organize My Life

Get Sleep. There’s a lot I just can’t get to, but it should not keep me up at night. As it is, I suffer from insomnia. My solution is to put a pad and journal on my bedside table to list unfinished business or write down my dreams and thoughts. This puts my mind at ease. I know it will all be there in the morning.

Create Brain Space. So much of life can be put on my clipboard, the computer, or in a notebook for future reference. Otherwise the brain suffers overload. I try to reserve sufficient brain space for the important things in life: namely, remembering what work I need to accomplish that day; knowing my family and friends; playing music; coming up with ideas; writing stories; recalling interesting parts of books and songs; and memorizing a few select poems. Life can’t be all about work.