I knew that my first year in seminary would be a challenging transition, but my personal life became unexpectedly complicated. The overwhelm I have felt hasn’t been that unique though. It is a common topic of discussion among students that resurfaces throughout the year. A recent point of extreme overwhelm became the catalyst for me to “get organized.”
Besides clearing my desk, I finally instituted some organizing tools I had found that are designed for “pilers” or those with a more visual style of organizing. I also returned to the Zen Habits blog which I discovered while reading Getting Things Done by David Allen. I like the ZTD spin on the GTD system. I also found a few blogs discussing the topic of organization and seminary:
- GTD and Clergy Workflow at Entangled States
- Seminary Time Waster #5: Disorganization at SeminarySurvivalGuide.com
Of course, I recently posted to my Twitter that I couldn’t find something because it was exactly where it should be in the new system. Oh well, it’s a journey.
Funny ;) That was the case for me too when I preached my first sermon in November: "Finding Your Center in the Midst of Chaos."
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