Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen Format: eBook Pages: 294 pages Genres: Self Help Buy from Amazon, Kobo, iTunes, Audible Evelynne’s rating: Self help is not a genre of books I read very often, but I made an exception for David Allen’s Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. One of my goals for 2017 was to become better organised and to be more productive. I first learned about the GTD methodology through Carl Pullein’s YouTube channel that I follow. I’ve been working on this for around six weeks now, so it’s too early to tell, but I’m happy with what I’ve learned so far. Getting Things Done, or GTD, is a productivity methodology based on a few deceptively simple concepts. Now, I’m still very new to GTD, but this is how I see it. One of the fundamental ideas behind GTD is that the human brain is excellent at processing ideas and being creative, but not a great storage facility. A key part of GTD is getting all ideas, projects and commitments out of your brain and into a trusted system or external brain. There are five activities to GDT: Capture, Clarify, Organise,…
Hello and here I am with another reading roundup. Since my last roundup I have read four books. Now that I think about it, I’m not sure that I’ve shared my reading goal for 2017 – I’ve challenged myself to read 80 books this year. So far, so good. Anyway, onto the books. [book-info]The first book I’d like to mention is Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. Hachette was kind enough to send me a Netgalley for this March 28th release – thank you so much! I anticipate publishing a full review of this book nearer the date, so I won’t say too much here. In summary though, I’ll say that Taylor’s worldbuilding and lyrical prose are both gorgeous. As an aside, isn’t that an absolutely stunning cover? Wonderful. Additionally, I’ll say that it’s been a while since I connected so quickly and so strongly with a protagonist. The more I read about him the more I felt we were really on the same wavelength. I loved his story and am excited to read the continuation. I gave Strange the Dreamer four stars out of five. [book-info number=1]Self help is not a genre of books I read very often,…