Driven to distraction

I can really understand why folks get to the point that they don't want to fool with GTD on anything but paper. I continually feel that my system isn't really designed for me and that it's not working for me. Of course, it's really about me not working the system. I think that my combination of simple programs should work, if I have good work habits. Then I start to feel that I have too many programs and that it would be nice to work in just LB and Daynotez again. So far, I've managed to keep myself from tweaking my system. Honestly, I don't have that many projects to track. I find that I have things I've worked on as simple next actions that really should have been written up as projects. And I always find that trying to get myself to use memos is difficult. There is just something about them that doesn't lead me to use them. I just can't seem to find a way to structure them that I like and I can't seem to get in the habit of using my very good tools for searching to track my daily stuff.

I look at LB, where I still have a nice Ratz based system and think how nice it would be to have software that just puts those reminders up for me regularly. It's a good tool, an old friend. And I look at all that stuff in my memos, stuff that doesn't tempt me to do a regular review and wonder why I try to work that way. I've had some very good success lately with carrying a small notebook with me and writing down thoughts about things I should be working on and changes I'd like to make to my system. If I write it down first, I give myself time to think about these changes and why I'm interested in making them. I think the system I've been using (KSdatebook, KStodo, PSmemo) is a good system. I'm still not sure it's the system for me.

And then there's the browser thing. I'm running an old G3 Mac on OS 10.2. I can't seem to find a browser that doesn't make me crazy. I like Camino, but it acts like there is a memory leak. I think it maxes out my video memory (which is tiny for OSX). I've been running the CPU monitor and process monitor to check it out. It seems to max the CPU out, which makes it very flaky to use. Firefox seems to drag. Same with Mozilla. I don't like Safari, since I can't get a feel for how much of the page is loaded. I don't like IE and it chokes on Gmail. I'm using Mozilla today, which doesn't seem bad, but has been slow to load in the past. It makes using the internet frustrating. I am trying to decide if I want to continue with Macs and upgrade at some point or bite the bullet and go back to Windows based stuff. Maybe I just need a holiday from all this stuff.