Getting Things Done: Reading a Book!

This post is not about Getting Things Done(TM), but rather about doing something in particular: reading "Mind and the World Order" by Clarence Irving Lewis. I mentioned this book on my blog a while back, when I had only read up through the first chapter. I'm now about three-quarters finished with the main text, and it's been quite enjoyable. But this post isn't about the book---it's about reading the book, and how I am Getting it Done.

This is important to me, because I have a lot of trouble finishing books. I'll read a few chapters, but then some other book in the room will catch my eye, and I'll switch.

Once I realized this, I decided to put "Mind and the World Order" on my nightstand, and then removed all other books from the room. Now the rest of my books are on another floor of the house; when I am in my bedroom (where most of my reading work is done) there is nothing else around to read but the book I'm trying to finish. It's worked out very well, as I'll be finished with MWO in a few days or so.