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I'm just starting GTD and am having a hard time figuring out what to work on when I review my NA lists. I'll review the NA lists and come up with several NAs I'd like to do. I might do one, forget the rest and have to review the lists again. One of the goals of GTD is to get these things out...

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I've got everything collected, and am setting up folders. I'm stuck on exactly how to organize this. 1. DA mentions 4 'letter trays' -- I have one each for "IN", "OUT", "READ/REVIEW" -- is there another that I'm missing? 2. I have a Tickler File in a file box on my desk. I also have a...

On Monday I am going to investigating having my Palm synch with my work laptop -- and then keep the rest of the stuff in a paper-based system. I don't mind listing tasks or contacts for my home-based business on the work laptop, as long as they don't require additional software to install. Then...

This is a bit of a repeat of my last post (...Calendar). While I wrote it, I could see how much of my stress and calendar problem is due to the "deliver on demand" nature of my environment. I am expected to be prepared and available on certain days for certain events but their exact time is...

What is an effecient method of storing business cards?

I am using RTF and TXT files for GTD lists, projects, and documentation. Will any of the experts share their txt files to see the formatting that they use so others can benefit? I will start: Action Lists: Getting Things Done - Next Actions List for RESEARCH To-Do Develop system to...

The power in a list Had a bit of higher altitude thinking which I’d like to share – hope you find it useful. I have a number of mundane but important household tasks to carry out in the evenings. I used to spread these out either side of the children’s bedtime and experienced significant...

I've been blocking out time during my day to work on completing tasks that are part of a project coming due shortly. I find that I'm getting discouraged as I rarely seem to be able to finish the tasks before the alarm rings to start on the next one. Here are a couple of the problems: I'm...

I'm curious if anyone would care to share, just how many items you 'retrieved' and wrote down during your initial Mind Sweep? How long does one add to this initial "RAM Dump?" I've read Jason Womack's article, THE MIND SWEEP, located at...

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Okay, I am really having a hard time grasping how to make this work with the type of work I do (real estate law). It seems that each thing I am asked to do entails so many different "next actions" that I feel like I could spend my entire day making lists. For example just had an e-mail exchange...

Strange, where does D. Allen end and Sally McGhee begin. No mention in her book about the stuff Mr. Allen has been saying quite well for sometime?? :?: :?: :?: :?:

If anyone is interested, Barnes and Noble' Univeristy (free on-line course that basically follows the book) starts 1/10 on Julie Morgenstern's Organizing from the Inside Out. Some GTDers feel this is for "things", what GTD is to work. I couldn't make a link but you can get to it readily from...

Palm users--How do you capitalize on the features of To Do vs. Memo? For example, do you use To Do for Projects and @Context Next/Action lists and Memo for various lists and reference data? Or, do you have @Context in Memo. Or what?

Could someone kindly walk me throught the step by step process of how to do regular back-ups of "Microsoft Outlook GTD". I would like to keep a back-up copy of all my GTD files on my sanddisk via my USB port. Merci, Andre

Hello all. I am curious to know if anyone has come across helpful "Ready for Anything" type techniques, habits, or systems with respect to personal money management. It seems Quicken and MS Money work best when cash flow is constantly highly positive. However, much like the Ready for Anything...