43 Folders

Back to Work

Merlin’s weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.

Join us via RSS, iTunes, or at 5by5.tv.

”What’s 43 Folders?”
43Folders.com is Merlin Mann’s website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work.

Greetings from West Hollywood, CA

I want to Get Things Done!

A friendly hello to the 43 Folders community. Just another overwhelmed person here. I'm tired of being caught in this vicious cycle of stressing about how I'm going to do everything I want to do with my life which causes me to be physically and mentally exhausted all the time which causes me to not be able to do everything I want to do with my life which causes me to stress about how... I've read about and tried to implement a few related systems, but nothing has worked for me so far.

Just reading through a few entries here, this community is by far the most active, engaged, and friendly that I have encountered. I'm really looking forward to implementing the 43 Folders system and becoming an active member of this community. I'll be talking to you guys soon :)

~Dary

About dary.merckens

dary.merckens's picture

Bio

Dary Merckens is a Web Developer for ESPN.com, developing social, distributed applications that can be seen on sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and iGoogle. He discovered David Allen's "Get Things Done" system and the 43Folders implementation while trying to organize his myriad activities and projects. He's found them to be the most effective program for organizing his widely varied pursuits which include (other than work) post-modern composition, Scrabble, calligraphy, personal fitness, French cuisine, jazz guitar and piano, New York Times crossword puzzles, screenwriting, golf, tennis, and squash, wine and scotch tasting, chess, and many, many others.

 
EXPLORE 43Folders THE GOOD STUFF

Popular
Today

Popular
Classics

An Oblique Strategy:
Honor thy error as a hidden intention


STAY IN THE LOOP:

Subscribe with Google Reader

Subscribe on Netvibes

Add to Technorati Favorites

Subscribe on Pageflakes

Add RSS feed

The Podcast Feed

Cranking

Merlin used to crank. He’s not cranking any more.

This is an essay about family, priorities, and Shakey’s Pizza, and it’s probably the best thing he’s written. »

Scared Shitless

Merlin’s scared. You’re scared. Everybody is scared.

This is the video of Merlin’s keynote at Webstock 2011. The one where he cried. You should watch it. »