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Robert Daeley: Do Zen Monk Robes Have Pockets?
Merlin Mann | Jun 23 2005
Robert considers the vast amount of stuff most of us carry around every day—where can we lighten our loads and empty our pockets?
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Maybe I need to get...Submitted by Paul (not verified) on June 24, 2005 - 6:10am.
Maybe I need to get one of those robes. I've recently quit carrying a fat wallet in my back pocket (which helped my lower back pain immensely) so I've got keys, chapstick, pseudo-wallet, spacepen, sometimes the Hipster, and often a spare cellphone battery in my two front pockets. Terrible. Right now, all of it but the chapstick & a single, folded index card (for emergency flashes of brilliance I need to write down) are in my pockets, and the rest is piled on my desk. I admire Robert's methods - grocery card in the car,etc., only taking what he needs for what he's doing that day, but my disorganized mind would never have what I need when I need it. Maybe once I progress with GTD, my water-like mind will have to rely of stuffing my pockets with too many things... » POSTED IN:
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