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My latest list is actions @power outage. The list includes talk with friends and family, visit with neighbors in the street, look for stars and planets, snuggle with my honey. What's on your @power outage list? :lol:

David recommends creating an @Action folder for use in Outlook. I use this idea sometimes but I really like keeping things in Tasks. You can create a task from an email very easily by right-clicking the email, dragging it to the Task item file list, and releasing the right-click. A context-menu...

Okay, before anyone makes any wise-cracks, I’m not that busy at the moment, despite my username, – summer lull in the accountancy profession! Anyway, I’ve been reading a lot of the project related threads over the last few days, and two different things occur to me. Firstly, I wonder if...

Looking for a process, not nessecarily software, that would help an associate schedule meetings involving several people that each keep their own calendars. We're in a large corporate environment that would probably prefer that a 'maverick' group of 10 not install software on the corporate PCs, but...

I have read several time manangement books over the past year. I really like Getting Things Done and I am working to implement it with my palm pda. One thing I don't quite get is the 'hard landscape'. I know to put specific appointments with clients, doctors, school events, etc. on my...

Hello, In the last months i've been reorganizing my file cabinets, ditching the colored hanging folders I had as well as the metal frame that came with them. I like my two-level labeling method, it works very well (MasterCard - receipts, MasterCard - statements). Problem is, my manila...

Hi All, A recent discussion about limiting or not limiting project lists has gotten me to thinking. I've also come to the conclusion recently, that I've gotten lazy with my lists in the past several months. I've apparently gotten in the habit of only listing income generating projects. I have...

So I am hoping for tips on what others do to avoid procrastination. I have my own medical transcription business and I do the work at home. I have great clients and particularly want to do this so I can be home with my children, etc. The only downside is it is repetitive, sedentary and boring. ...

As a long time GTD user, who has the runway mechanics down cold, I find myself now pondering some questions. For example, I wonder if having all of my projects listed out is really ideal. In other words, maybe I should only have the “Top 10”, if you will, in writing. Perhaps the rest, stuff like...

Saw some similar post in this forum, but cant find it now and wonder if it was actually in this forum :-( Does anyone have the problem of spending all the time on reading about GTD, general productivity improvement, doing all the planning in the world but putting of the actual actions ? for...

I have read several times that David only uses constantly its Palm Tungsten and I believe that jason has said that he also uses his Palm like reminder system. My question is, if you use a Palm like support of all your GTD system, what system of note capture do you use? Thanks,

I will be moving to a new office in the next few months. I have not yet done my GTD setup and am wondering if the new office is a good way to implement this ? Has anyone done all their purging and filing as part of a move and was it successful ? Thanks, Jenn

I think I've discovered a serious leak in my system in differentiating between Someday/Maybe projects and goals. I've noticed that things that I'd like to commit to that have a larger scale are showing up in my Someday/Maybe list rather than my goals and focus area lists. There they sit, festering,...

I'm stealing andmor's idea of asking how other get from organized to "doing". Have you noticed its alot more fun to get organized than it is to actually do the work? I've always said that when everything is a priority nothing is a priority. And, when nothing is a priority nothing gets done. I've...

here goes @agenda (prefix name with @ in the task like @alice @ted) -- but often many of the items in this category is taken care of in @calls and @email below. -- usually best use for @agenda is for monthly management meeting or weekly meetings with individual or group staff. @calls ...

I am thinking about getting some GTD coaching and I am wondering if anyone has experience with this. About five years ago I went to a workshop from a different kind of productivity system and it came with three sessions of telephone-based coaching. The coaching was really terrible. The first 10...