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Do you limit your working day to have time for your family and hobbies? I do limit my day by leaving the office at 5pm. Then I have commute time for 1.5hrs when I still answer my work calls. And I even answer my calls after that time. I thought I'm just changing places not limiting my work hours...

My @Work list has 43 items. My @Waiting list has 128 items. The lists is separated further into @Iphone, @MacOnline, @MacOffline and @Office. Though they are separated I can do any of them while at work. It's a rare case when I don't have access to internet or I'm not in the office. I decided...

Hello all, I couldn't wait to come & tell my story! I have been a fan of GTD for quite some time. Though I consider myself very intelligent, I could not get an understanding of GTD! Each time I tried to read it, it was like a foreign language! Countless times I've googled for information on GTD....

I recently heard someone I admire in the GTD community saying on a podcast that Processing and Organizing are to be done separately. I must be confused. When I process one of my inboxes I identify what the item is and what is to be done with it. I immediately then put it where it belongs whether...

Hi all, I'm new to the forum, but have read the GTD book and read far too many blogs about GTD in an attempt to find a system that works for me. Are there any teachers on here using GTD? When I look at all the things involved in being a teacher it seems like a profession in need of GTD, but I...

Hi all, I bought the book, and I could not put it down for 2 full days! It is awesome! I am certain it is a huge solution for someone like me who can never stop thinking of things and never actually get to do them because of the amount of information I carry and how often new ideas pop in my...

I've been finding a bit of a problem with my GTD system. I use evernote and have 3 notebooks: Inbox Reference Workflow I keep it simple, everything is either an action or not, I differentiate actions with tags for context, lists, etc. That's not really important right now so much as actual...

Suppose I am working on learning an area of technical expertise and currently reading a book on the topic. How do I break down this somewhat long-time task into doable "next actions"? Do I need to: Put "finish reading a book" as a single action. List several soon-to-be-read chapters as...

My @Home list keeps growing because for me home equals to rest not work :) I believe I'm not alone here. I think of renaming that list to make it more attractive. Any ideas?

I would like to get my GTD system streamlined. Now I just need to find out what the actual step by step process is when entering things in your inbox after you have thought of it and how to action all the necessary steps of a project. A project as clearly stated is something with more than one...

I have a list of next actions sorted by contexts. Ready to start doing. I opened my calendar for tomorrow. I'm booked 100% leaving no space for even looking at my next action lists. Should I review my action lists today to find what should be done tomorrow to find some time in my calendar to...

Let's imagine. It's 10 am, you are fresh and in your office, ready to do your next actions. You open your lists with next actions. They have @calls, @computer, @office, @waiting. You can do any of them. Do you set specific times for specific contexts (for example, start the day with calls because...

one key pricinple of GTD is to sort and organise task in context @home @work @computer etc. For me and an I assume for many others too most task (> 95%) that need to get done is @work, probably also @computer @work (for my its silly to write on a list remember milk or call mum) The GTD...

I am curious and may not understand correctly... Does David suggest we do not keep a urgent to do list at all? By the sounds of it he does, when you read and listen to his discussions regarding 'DO'... What is your thought on that? One more thing, I am self employed and most of what I do is...

Hello, I've been trying out GTD for the last few weeks, and I have run into a few snags. Whenever I do, I always start to muddy the water with extra lists, contexts, etc., making it too specific and inconvenient. My contexts are always @place1, @place2, etc., and my action types are the...

I'm new to GTD and I'm struggling through my collection container. I'm a work-at-home mom and I have things in my container that are not paper-based, like a potty alarm with instructions and warranty. It doesn't require action, but I do want to hold on to it for my younger child. Where does one...

Hi, GTDers! My @Waiting list has 143 items and keeps growing. How often do you remind people of what they promised to do for you? What do you do when there's no result for quite a long time? I experience that they stop answering my calls when I over push them with my attention. I want to keep...

My favorite aspect of Making It All Work is the way it lays out distinct organizing categories, work flows, and "getting perspective". Both the Areas of Focus and the Organizing Categories were influential, but the Organizing Categories really changed how I thought about stuff. Recently, I've...

If I have something that I don't want to review now but want to look at say in December (by December 5th for example) can I put that on my calendar to review on say december 4th? or a reminder on Nov 30th that the deadline for review is coming up? I know that the calendar should have hard edges of...