So in today’s technology driven world of time-saving productivity tools, why are we all still searching for ways to be more organized and productive? It’s because all of the standard high-tech tools are actually sinister procrastination traps. I currently have a mobile phone and a laptop, and over time I’ve had 3 or more digital PDAs as well. And trust me when I tell you I am not at all the poster-boy for productivity.
I’ve been hailing the benefits of the [HipsterPDA](http://www.unhappyemployee.com/archives-08/11/2005-hipsterpda-v20/ “My Hipster”) for some time on this site, but I only recently realized why I really love it. It’s because I can’t play games or search the internet on it. I can’t browse the the availability of NEXT cubes on Ebay. I can’t look at every picture on [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/weird/ “Flickr”) with the tag “weird.” And most importantly, I can’t read blogs (which are updated twice a month but I feel the need to “read” it every 2-3 hours anyway).
Every day we get to work, and we feel the urge to be doing something. So we sit in front of the computer and let our brains go numb. We sure look busy though. So we get a few things done here and there but we really don’t make any meaningful progress, so we go home and sit in front of the computer at home and repeat the process. When we finally lay down to sleep our minds have a free moment to think and we have all of our good ideas just as we doze off or even worse we lay there sleepless from our racing thoughts.
So do away with the gadgets and spend some quiet time alone with your thoughts and some paper. Don’t get carried away though you may lose your geek status.
