I have now organized my life. When you combine a hectic schedule with incurable laziness, you'd be as productive as someone trying to construct a witty analogy (and failing). The source of this motivation comes from an unlikely product: Microsoft Office 2007.

You might think it's just another Office suite, but 2007 is entirely different. It's shiny and has round buttons. This has a made a difference in my life (I'm not kidding). With a newfound curiosity for this program, I discovered OneNote and Outlook. OneNote has revolutionized my organizational abilities. It is a note-taking program, and I can organize my notes and materials very intuitively. I've always disliked Outlook, but I have discovered it's very excellent calendar system. I used to use Sunbird, which is probably a better program by itself, but Outlook is integrated with OneNote to provide fast task-setting abilities. I can jot down a note, stick it on my calendar and set an automated reminder alarm. Plus, it looks shiny (yes, this is legitimate motivation).

All this has unleashed the inner OCD within me. Amazing examples from my schedule: waking up before noon. Going to bed on the same day as when I woke up. Exercising. Updating this blog. Going to class. Going to class. It turns out that there's a lot of time in a day if you just plan things out (and go to bed when it's dark). I wonder how long this phase will last.