A very healthy, wealthy and Happy New Year to you all. Do you have so much to do that you don't know where to begin? Clearly, you can't start properly until you're ready to start. And being ready to get stuck in and make the most of 2007 is non-trivial - you obviously have to get a lot of small things out of the way first. So to save you valuable time wondering where to begin, here's a list of 100 Things To Do Before You Get Started Properly.
- Sharpen all your pencils
- Fill your fountain pen
- Clean up after filling your fountain pen
- File some old CDs
- Put music CDs back in the right cases
- Reorganise your MP3 player
- Dust your computer screen
- Clean under your desk
- Shred some old letters
- Empty out the shredder
- Clean your phone handset - yuck!
- Check today's Dilbert cartoon
- Delete old texts from your mobile phone
- Check what's ending in 60 seconds on eBay
- Google your own name
- Clean the gunk off the underneath of your mouse
- Delete some old e-mails
- Chat to a co-worker
- Download the pictures from your digital camera
- Sort your CDs into alphabetical order
- Clean between the keys on your computer keyboard
- Update your wish list on Amazon
- Find something to eat
- Rearrange your office
- Uninstall some programmes you don't use
- Back up your PC
- Have a meeting
- Check e-mail
- Tidy up your desk
- Get a drink
- Throw away biros that don't write
- Find your house on Google Earth
- Change the ring tone on your phone
- Update your contacts list
- Untangle the handset cord on your phone
- Write down something you must do today
- Find the best price for ink cartridges
- Check your RSS feeds
- Read a newsletter that's been in your inbox for five months
- Refill your stapler
- Clean your glasses
- Dismantle your glasses and clean inside the frames - yuck!
- Update your diary with things you have already done
- Charge up your mobile phone
- Check who's online on Skype
- Calculate how much your commute costs you
- Solve the problem of reprocessing nuclear waste
- Clean your whiteboard
- Make a pile of things that you don't know what to do with
- Adjust the height of your chair
- Join Second Life
- Check your Webcam
- Make a list of things you already did and cross them out
- Order some stationery
- Look out of the window
- Find out how much your car is worth on eBay
- Have another cup of coffee
- Clean out your desk drawer
- Read a newspaper from last month
- Charge up some batteries
- Update your CV
- Check the weather forecast
- Go on a circular walk of the corridors carrying a stack of papers
- Comment on someone's Blog
- Defragment your hard drive
- Hang up a picture
- Make sure your Antivirus software is updated
- Check the visitor stats on your web site
- Look up "Thesaurus" in the Thesaurus
- Empty your briefcase
- Discuss last night's TV
- Find out the right time and set your clocks
- Change the background picture on your Windows desktop
- Clean up your Web browser history
- Play Solitaire
- Go to the bathroom
- Browse YouTube.com
- Check the football results
- Find a safe place for your passport that you won't ever forget again, ever
- Google your friend's name
- Collect together all those odd business cards and sort them
- Install some software off a free magazine CD
- E-mail an old friend
- Find out what day of the week your birthday is this year
- Sort those old foreign coins into different currencies
- Read the news headlines on-line
- Water the plants
- Throw away those dried-up whiteboard pens
- Start planning a life-changing event
- Empty out your wallet or purse
- Check yesterday's weather forecast and compare it to reality
- Allow Windows to do those pesky updates
- Clip your nails
- Decide how the country should be run
- Check for new people on Friends Reunited
- Reprogramme the speed dial numbers on your phone
- Open that junk mail in case it's something important
- Vote for a reality TV contestant
- Read a list of 100 things to do before you get started
- Wish you had more time
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