Saturday, January 30, 2010

And you thought people were joking when they called it Stalker-book

As part of my application of the principles of GTD I've been trying to clear some of the excess information from my life. Today's job is deleting obsolete messages from my Facebook inbox. Now we all know that the meaning of the word friend has taken a battering thanks to Facebook, but I think this is pushing it a bit too far. About two years ago I had a woman contact me through a Facebook message, regarding a distant male relative who shared the same surname as myself. This remains my weirdest FB experience even topping the guy who I met once 15 years ago, that recently added me as a friend.

This was the message;
Subject: (_______)
hey, could you please mention to the abovementioned person that i'm now ready for him to hold my hand at the counsellor and if he could bring the $50 I sent him that would be greatly appreciated. 
Also let him know that I'm moving to Darwin in Feb, just in case he wants to tell me that he's going to be there soon for a music festival or for work, just for the sake of saying it.

Maybe just resend what I've written. It's quite sarcastic but he'll understand the real meaning...

Cheers!

(_______)

The sad conclusion is I forwarded it on to the relative who filled me in a bit and informed me that the police were now involved.
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2 comments:

  1. Now I think getting yourself organised is all good and everything, but clearing out your fb inbox?!? Really, what difference will that make? Or is it just the principle of not hoarding?

    I keep every email (except spam) and fb message. They take up no room on my desk and cause me no stress... And I have records of so many things I may one day need.

    Wouldn't you be better off... learning greek or something?

    [Andrew has gtd. I hate when he tells me things from it. Even knowing that it's in the house stresses me out. Do I need therapy?]

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  2. Okay I hear you. Clearing out your fb inbox does seem an insignificant thing, but the principle is to clear your head and there was a number of things in fb that I was holding in my head that they were somewhere in my fb inbox. E.g. Dates that needed to go in iCal etc. Every time I sign in to fb to find the handful of info I need it causes mental anguish as I search through trying to find it. The easier thing to do is now keep it always at zero, and action on things as they come up.

    Also, I start college on Monday so doing stupid things like cleaning out fb inbox will give way to more important things like learning Greek come tmr.

    "Do I need therapy?"
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