Today on a train I invented a new time-management technique for the busy person - the To-Don't list.
This is simply an antidote to the ToDo list, and should be thought about, compiled and held somewhere close to hand.
It can then be pulled out and consulted when you realise that you've just thought of something which will one day be labelled as a "....a really, really good idea at the time". Beware of these moments, and learn to recognise them in advance. I suggest that Forehindsight is a skill well worth cultivating.
Each will have their own ToDon't list, but I have my top five ToDon'ts, garnered from bitter experience. Not necessarily my own bitter experience incidentally, but definitely someone's. (You know who you are).
So, my Top-5 ToDon'ts are :
1) Stick two fingers up to the policeman with the radar gun AND CAMERA on the A456.
2) Say an obscene comment out very loud at a wedding, in that moment of silent anticipation immediately prior to the Best Man starting his speech.
3) Draft an angry e-mail full of sweary words and personal insultry, then accidentally send it before vetting. Shift S and Ctrl S are uneasy bedfellows.
4) Throw a toy Corgi car at your brother, hard, and realise only after letting go that he is sitting in front of a plate glass window and ducking fast.
5) Tell anyone about the SPI, or Southwell Pizza Incident. Ever.
I look forward to hearing your suggestions.
