Hi Y'all, it's been a while, you know it, I know it, lets move on. I've been reading a lot of blog post lately that have to do with being more productive. There are a whole laundry list of them, zenhabits.net, lifereboot.com, 43folders.com, Tim Ferriss ..etc. Of course I'm aggregating these sites through Google Reader (an amazing time saving tool if it's used correctly if used incorrect, a time vacuum). One of the common threads that I'm seeing with these sites/blogs is that they are helping Common Sense make a comeback.

Now it seems to me that Common Sense and the business world as we know and work in it have very little to do with each other. For example, lets say your have a company policy that says all emails and calls need returned within the business day. This is pretty typical of most places. In itself this is not a bad policy, but what ends up happening is you have Senior staff that expect instant responses to email. Now email is being used as a poor substituted for Instant Messaging (Which is a whole other subject). So now you have your email client open all day long. You have the little outlook window popping up to say hey look at me, and you are living in this world where you are trying work and concentrate with a non-stop distractions of emails popping up. Whether they be legitimate work emails, spam or bacn.  So we've all learned to live in this haze of email clients flashing message in our face like flashing lights and ringing bells in a casino. Well this makes no sense, no sense at all. Well  there are growing number of people are demanding that Common Sense makes a comeback. And you know what, it is.

So lets take my email example. There is tons of material written on how to handle email, but I think none are quite as good as what Merlin Mann is doing. His Inbox Zero concept is brilliant and is something I think everyone could truly use and gain from. I highly suggest that you watch the video as well.

Lets talk about eating habits. Something I've not been very good about as of late. Well Zen Habits, had a great post on this topic. It's called " A 12-step Program to Eating Healthier than ever before". I high suggest reading it, it's well worth the 15 or 20 minutes it takes to read it. The best part about it, is it reminds you of things you already know. Eat more fruit. Eat more vegetables. Eat at home. This is all Common Sense stuff, yet he softly reminds you that you already know it, and gives you a new way to try it. For example Number 6 of the steps is pizza, who doesn't love pizza, I know I do. So check this out.

6. Make pizza instead of ordering. Homemade pizza is the best, and if you haven’t made it yet, you should. The simple way is to get a ready-made whole-wheat crust, although making your own tastes even better. Start with the simple version, though, as you don’t want to make things too difficult. For the simple version, just add some gourmet spaghetti sauce (not Ragu), cut up some veggies (I like tomatoes and mushrooms and spinach and olives, but you can use anything, even potatoes). Brush the veggies with some olive oil. You can add grated cheese or soy cheese if you want, though it’s not necessary. Bake till it looks cooked. Mmmm.
-Exerpt from zenhabit.net

You can't tell me that doesn't sound better than that greasy delivery pizza that they are pushing on Tuesday nights with their 10 pizzas for 20 bucks deal, and it takes the same amount of time.

So to recap, Common Sense is making a comeback....Thank goodness!

Happy Life