Here's a Free Organization Tool For You

Get your life in order and free up valuable brain space.

Author

Burak Esen
October 10, 2022

Welcome to another edition of The Scroll — the newsletter that'll make you more well rounded in less than 10 minutes.

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  • Words about fighting through the bad days

  • A video outlining my current organization system I use

  • A tweet to remind you to use your phone less

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Something to Read:

Marc Andreessen on the Entrepreneurial Emotional Roller Coaster

Not everyone reading this is an entrepreneur — or will ever be one.

But the one commonality between any occupation is the up's and down's that come with being successful in any trade, art, and position.

Mark Andreessen is an investor of some well known businesses (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) you may use, highlighted the rollercoaster that he endured when first starting out.

First and foremost, a start-up puts you on an emotional rollercoaster unlike anything you have ever experienced. You flip rapidly from day-to-day — one where you are euphorically convinced you are going to own the world, to a day in which doom seems only weeks away and you feel completely ruined, and back again. Over and over and over

Marc Andreessen

Please understand that there will be weeks and months that'll test your beliefs and patience.

Why did I choose this major?

Am I dating the right person?

Why am I not making six figures yet?

And whether you're in real estate — or trying to build the next Snapchat, there will be periods of wrestling with negative thoughts.

But accept the fact that not every week, month, or even year will go in your favor.

To think life goes as planned every time is childish, it's only right for us to endure a little bit of suffering before we get what we want.

Smooth seas never made a skilled sailor.

Something to Watch:

How to Stay On Top of Everything

"NEEDS IMPROVEMENT" was etched under the organization section of every report card I was given as a kid.

And it's been a dark spot for me until about three months ago.

The whole point of an organization system is to get your life in order and free up valuable brain space.

And every organization/productivity tool I've tried I found to be too complex or was unsustainable long term. That all changed when I discovered the GTD Dashboard.

It's a page powered by Notion that allows me to keep my work, personal, and Analects tasks all in one place.

Organization is more than just keeping your life in order, it's also figuring out how to create a system around capturing new information and filtering out the not-important.

A Song to Listen to:

Nora En Pure - Come With Me (Satin Jackets Remix)

A Tweet to Ponder On: