Facebook is like jail, you sit around and waste time, write on walls,
and get poked by people you don't know.
This short book is designed as a tool rather than as an armchair diversion. It shows you the faster, easier, natural way to take
back your life.
I'm staring at the ceiling. It feels like I'm lying here for hours. Its three hours past midnight when I finally shut down my computer and head to bed. While trying to count sheep, I'm awakened by those irritating sounds of my cell phone's alarm. At eight AM I click on iPhone's Gmail app. I skip the bathroom on my way to the computer. New tab, four letters, w-w-w-dot boosts energy to my starving hands.
I’m an internet junkie about to get his morning fix. Life is for those without fast Internet. Attachments are downloading, coffee's brewing, and I'm using this moment to catch up on all the important things that have happened in cyberspace during my five hours long absence...
This book is here to help you start living again. To even be able to think about the life you don't have, first you have to unburden all your daily worries at work. Once you eliminate work, you can commit to building the life you once dreamt of living, before you became distracted by your overwhelming schedule.
Like any junkie, there will come a moment when the buzz of electronics around you will push you into consciousness and force change. In one moment, everything unravels and you finally start living.
After all, this book was written so you could enjoy the only important thing in this world. You know what I'm talking about...
What you will be reading in the next twenty days is pure, common sense. By sticking to my system, you can make all the necessary decisions much more easily. After twenty days you will feel such a relief, after which, you will be ready to enjoy life and adjust the system to best fit you.
No Software • You don't need any kind of software, it's enough to peek inside the book once a day, for twenty days, and read one, single, page.
No GTD • If you are a programmer, great. Stop reading. GTD works for you. For others this diagram and 'identifying next actions', 'open loops', and the ‘collection process' doesn't make much sense.
No Tim Ferris • If you want to live like Maneesh Sethi, Tim Ferris is your guy. If you don't want to leave your US job and fiancé, it won't work. If you have small children, it won't work. If you want to get rich, it won't work.
No Lifehacker • When you Google a certain solution, Lifehacker is a valuable source of information. However, to visit a site about productivity many times a day is unproductive.
