Let’s get organised….

Hmm… so this is the second time I am having to type up this post. The original post got wiped out while wordpress was saving. Great!

First up on the getting organised agenda is blogging. I absolutely love reading blogs, and ever since I have started writing, the enjoyment factor has increased substancially. However, of late, I am able to catchup on reading only at the weekends, by which time the number of posts in my reader are pushing 6-800 (I do have about a hundred people whose blogs I follow). I love spending time on a post and leaving comments and following up where I can, but obviously its almost damned impossible with this many posts. The solution to this? I have slashed off the number of posts which I am going to follow down to 55. Out go a lot of the inactive/low frequency bloggers, as well as the people who blog about what they are watching on TV or blog one line sentences 5 times a day. I have twitter for that! If I should be following you on twitter – then let me know! Hopefully, I can keep the number of blogs down to this number.

Next on the agenda – my Blackberry.

<Speaks to himself>

Dude! You got the BB to get organised! Sure you’re now on top of emails, and are actually getting back to people when you tell them you will – this is super; but how about using the calender, tasks and reminder facilites on the phone instead of scribling on your palm, arm and god knows where else?

</Speaks to himself>

I also need to get on top of my self study course. Of recently, I have been getting involved in blogging and tweeting and have been neglecting my studies. I think I will have to book an exam date to get myself focused and prepared for this exam. A time table would also be helpful.

Another thing which I want to do is catch up on other reading. I have started and stopped reading 3 books  in the last 2 months. I need to spend more time reading good and proper literature. You can track the books which I am/will be reading here.

Which also brings me to exercise. I havent played squash for a couple of weeks, and need to get back to a routine. I also havent worked on my situps program for a week, which would mean I will stuggle in my fourth week. Gotta get back to getting in shape. I wonder if I can make it this cricket season? I will lose half a season to Ramadan, and the other half – well who knows. My club plays their matches on the grounds on the Alexandra Palace in North London.

I also want to get involved in social networking events like Twestival – which is taking place worldwide on 12th of February 2009. Although I had tickets for the event, I wont be attending because of work commitments. Saying that, I am really considering attending the 20 something bloggers ultimate meetup in Chicago in June 2009. I think it would be pretty darn interesting, and I will get to visit the US of A.

Speaking of which – I need to figure out where I want to go on holiday. I went to Dubai last year, but it wasnt quite a holiday (sorry MaliZOMG), and more like a recovery from a bad personal event. My last propper break was in February 2007, when I went to Turkey, and I could really do with getting away from the daily grind. My choices for this year… well, it’s a poll! I have never been State-side and I would love to do a mini tour; the cities on my radar are Houston, NYC, DC, Chicago, Boston, and Toronto (I know thats in Canada!). The alternative is 2 weeks in Goa, India – with a couple of days in and around Mumbai. Orrrr…. I could go elsewhere… where would you suggest? I am looking to travel either late in June/ Early July, or sometime late in September.

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