A few weeks ago, you heard my cry for help with my post called “Help Me Help You Help Me“. I was calling out to you to help me change, be more productive, get things done with some discipline in my life. I thank you all for your wonderful encouraging life changing comments. Yes, I am being sarcastic. Yes, that’s exactly why.
So, here I am thinking all hope is lost when I stumbled upon a fellow AOC2 author’s e-book ‘Time Management for Creative People’ <– click that link to read/download the eBook.
The eBook by Mark McGuinness is very well written making it an easy and quick read. It is very motivating and some of the techniques can easily be put to practice. What intrigued me the most was the part where he talks about avoiding the “Sisyphus” effect and the “Do it tomorrow” idea. Interesting.
Sisyphus is a figure from the Greek mythology who was punished for his deceitful crimes. His punishment was to roll a huge rock up a steep hill, which he failed every time. Before he could reach the top of the hill, the rock would roll back down, and he has to begin again.
I think we are all descendants of Sisyphus. Don’t we all have upon us the curSe of Sisyphus to continuously battle with those never ending to-do lists, those huge rocks we want with to get rid of, only for it to find its way back to our inboxes, into our lives?
Did Sisyphus ever get out of that? I would have to dive deeper into the Greek mythology to find out. But we can. “Do it tomorrow” is how. I am trying it out and if it works, I write about it. Until then, I suggest you click on that link above and read Mark’s eBook. I highly recommend it. Let me know how it goes.
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Thanks for the write-up Raj. Sadly I think poor Sisyphus is still rolling his rock. Hopefully we can avoid his fate …