How do you stay organised?
Submitted by devillibrarian.
Lots of different ways. I'm quite an organised person in general:
- My phone synchronises my calendar and contacts between my Home PC and Work PC, so I always have it up-to-date across all three (phone and two PCs) and thus never miss a meeting/appointment.
- I use a spiral-bound A4 notebook to keep track of To-Do lists and outstanding actions from meetings, each item gets crossed through when completed.
- At home I plan my meals a week ahead and put together a shopping list (yes, another list!) which then goes to the supermarket with me.
- When at work, and writing code, it gets sprinkled with "//TODO:" comments which Visual Studio then aggregates for me as a Task List within itself. Sadly, quite a few of them start off as "//TODO:Reimplement this class as its a BDH". (BDH = Big Dirty Hack)
Organised. To the max ;)
How do you keep calm?
Submitted by L33tchica.
Now, that varies - I've got a lot better at controlling my temper over the years but a classic sign that I'm loosing my rag is if I capitulate. If I start talking very calmly and quietly and agreeing with what you're saying - run!
One really good way of keeping calm is going for a walk, it might just be for 10 minutes, but getting away from my desk and taking the time out works wonders.
And now time for a rant, about cyclists.
Put quite simply, get OFF THE FUCKING PAVEMENT! If you're a child, then fair-do's, it's probably safer for you to be on the pavement, but please don't cycle along at a break-neck pace. If you're an adult, you should damn well know better, get off the pavement and cycle on the road. Especially, and this is a sticking point, if you're on your way to work. If I see you EVERY SINGLE DAY weaving around the pavement playing "let's wind every single pedestrian up by being a bike riding arsehole", one of these days I'm going to kick your back wheel as you speed past. Wanker.
Oh, and if you feel the urge to cycle up the inside of a lane of traffic stopped waiting at a junction, don't be surprised if any pedestrians trying to cross yell "Wanker!" at you. Just because you're on a bike, it doesn't mean you get to take short-cuts.
What do you do for fun when you're broke?
Submitted by Kim.
I cook, I watch DVDs, I have friends round to visit - sometimes I combine all three into one evening and get the aforementioned friends to bring a bottle of Vodka with them. Then it's fun ;)
