Temporal Suspicions

Here we are. The start of another week.

If anyone reads this item, maybe you can help me with a little question.

Why is it, despite several years of trying to improve my organisational skills and time management - reading time management books, writing cryptic notes in filofaxes, typing into Outlook - why am I still crap at it? Is the ability to be organised and Get Stuff Done something that you need to learn before you get to 7 years old? Reading some of these books (which takes ages because I don't have the time), I also get the impression that a lot of the authors are actually so obsessed with the techniques that they have lost sight of the fact that the techniques are there to help get other stuff done - not as an end in themselves.

"nice day at the office dear?"
"yes - I filled in 23 to-do lists, and re-sorted them in reverse alphabetical sequence".
"That's nice dear. Did you remember to get the car insured".
"Don't be silly - I was far too busy colouring in my calendar"