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You receive a form that nees to be returned in three weeks. Where to leave the form? -Do you create a Next Action for it and keep it with you in a folder "forms and mail"? -Do you store it in the ticklerfile in the next day and postpone it untill you feel like it? any suggestions?
I'm going through higher attitudes these days. I think one of my Areas or Focus would be Personal Development. Under that a lot of projects would go: Learn Spanish, Learn Time Management, Teach Time Management, Study Sales Theory etc. I think that the only way to move these projects is to put them...
I had a "gotcha!/aha/you knew this already" experience today that might be useful as a reminder and/or way to illustrate why "To Do" lists don't help. I've had a (non-GTD) "To Do" item on my list (moment of weakness!) which said, simply, "Send Inactives Letter". This is a letter that I have to...
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DA says in order to have an effective system, you have to get everything out of your head, leave nothing uncaptured. So does that include love life? Do you turn courtship into a project, envision successful outcome, and define NAs? For example, you’re planning a date, so you use all the methods...
I had weekly review today. While processing I got myself wondering where to put a Next Action - "ask my wife about the status of my passport". This action should be discussed in private so one option is to put it to @Home context, another option is @Agenda. The same question I have when need to...
Hi! I've already dabbled with bits and pieces of GTD over the past month, and after reading the book I'm ready to do a full implementation. Aside from the fact that I'm probably going to put my whole flat inside my inbox when I do the initial collection, I realised that one thing that is...
You completed a Next Action and checked it off. Do you add a new Next Action on the fly (or at least the same day) or you wait for a Weekly Review or when this context list is empty? I think the first approach is more efficient but the second allows to move all the projects simultaneously. What's...
Do you need/prefer to be in a specific context when doing the weekly review? I presume it would be easier to handle '30-second tasks' that come up when you are in/at the context most of your work is handled. Or should your system be set up so that your WR could be done anywhere you like, @Home,...
I guess this is mostly a calendering/invoicing issue, but I am hoping that those of you running businesses out of home offices will have some suggestions for us. He is agreeing to try GTD in Sept, so I am hoping that we can figure out good ways to do things that will make us both more efficient. ...
I never had any teachers etc who encouraged this type of brainstorming on a project, area of focus, whatever. The specifics of what I know are entirely from a few website searches and looking up some older threads here. I'll likely pick up some type of book at my next opportunity though the...
I have a role Father and a project under that - develop relations with my daughter. How do you think what is the right NA to put under this category. My variants at this point are either "Play with the daughter" or "Play for 15 minutes with the daughter" but I feel that sounds stupid :) Do you have...
For instance, I want to be able to live a lifestyle, for the rest of my life, where I maintain my health. On any given day or month, it may mean exercising one way or altering my food, or seeing a professional. All of these are actions and they certainly are all part of the "Being Healthy"...
What would you do if you get a task and it turns to be a Project that you put into your system. When you decide the first NA it turns out to be less then 2 minutes and you do it now. When finished you decide a new NA and it turns to be less then 2 minutes either. And so forth :) There's a chance...
Hey guys, Here are some questions for your most important goals How secure will reaching this dream make me? What can I work on now to enable me to fulfill these dreams? If I want to play first violin in a symphony orchestra, write novels, own my own business, become a physician, and so...
I wonder if DA uses time scheduling at all for example for reading? I feel that GTD concept assumes working with real NAs that usually not that big otherwise they won't be doable. Or DA reads in 15 minutes increaments? :) Regards, Eugene.
I have a couple of questions on the process for you guys and would appreciate any comments and feedback you can give me. I have yet to integrate the higher levels of my GTD system as I am trying to capture all my projects and run them through the natural planning model to ensure they are as...
Just had an insight. I've noticed that I tend to get trapped in "status loops," where I'm constantly re-checking various inboxes to see if anything new has come in. For example, I'll check Fark to see if there are any new items, then Google News, then some of my favorite blogs (Lileks' Bleat,...
I'm new to GTD. Just had a 5 week vacation, after an immensely stressful spring. It took me two weeks to be able to relax. I decided,that this cannot go on. I have always been proud of myself having the ability to keep everything in my head. No lists, no written notes. Finally, I realized that...
I am new to this GTD stuff. I came upon this forum while looking for forums for people who suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder or any related illnesses (social anxiety, depression, panic attacks). I have suffered from GAD and depression my whole life. All the people who can't stop the swirling...
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