I have been working on some longer posts, but I haven’t had time to finish them.  So, things have been quiet around here.  Two quick updates, though.

First, I said recently that I was thinking about getting rid of my SLR.  After letting that thought stew for a few days, I decided against it pretty firmly.  Photography is one of those hobbies that I’d like to keep developing for the long term.  So, taking a step backward with my gear doesn’t make much sense.  Instead, I’m going to try to get a new prime lens and a flash for Christmas.  And I’m in the market for a bag that will carry both a laptop and an SLR camera…  (I actually looked for one of these a few months ago and found a few options.  I need to look some more.)

Second, the new to-do-list system discussed here is working great so far.  Better than my expectations, even.  Unlike every other thing that I’ve tried, I actually look at this to do list many, many times a day.  As a result, I spend much more time making sandwiches and much less time stacking orders, as Merlin Mann would say.  Even when I don’t feel like taking on a big ugly task, I find myself flipping through the list looking for easy tasks that I can knock out.  And I find that the draw of finishing the top page so that I can remove it is really compelling and procrastination defeating.  I’ll have to live with this for a few more months – and get the rest of my stalled “system” running again – before I reach a final conclusion, but right now it is working really well for me.  The best ideas are often the simplest ones.