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First off I would like to say thank you to everyone who posts in these forums. I dont' know where I would be without the ability to collaborate and bounce ideas with other avid users. Which in lies my current questions; Managing work and personal projects.... here is what i mean.. About a year...

Greetings GTD readers and staff! This is my first post on this site. I have read the three books and am working with the (excellent) implementation guide. However I am having trouble getting set up with a one-piece-of-paper-per-project-in-a-folder system. Is there a Best Practices resource for...

Hello all GTDers Recently I've discovered GTD and trying to learn how to implement it into my work enviroment. I've purchased GTD Outlook add-in and it seems to be a nice tool but I'm having problem with deciding how to structure projects. The problem is that I run small budiling company and at...

From what I understand structuring events in a project is discouraged in GTD. This means no automatic sequencing of tasks and not dependent tasks. The idea is that you find your next actions on your weekly review or you think of checking for the next task after completing one. This seems like...

Do you connect next actions with the projects they're related to? I'm just getting started with GTD and so far the trouble I'm having is that as far as I can tell the system doesn't say anything about connecting the next actions with particular projects. Is this more of a personal preference? What...

I'm about to make my second weekly review. My first review was easy. I was taking one project at a time, defined a next action and put it on the list. The second review is difficult because a week passed and there's a mix of new actions without projects. My intention is to move ALL next actions and...

Hey all, Our charity has expanded rapidly so we have a lot more staff suddenly. I've since found something I've not had to deal with before, which is someday-maybes for staff members. These are things that either we've agreed they should do but not now, or in some cases things I would like them...

Hi everyone. I am using www.nozbe.com for my GTD implementation, but this is a general question: suppose you realise that you are behind in some regular task, and that your aim is to both catch up with that task, but also to continue doing it in an ongoing way. Where does that fit into the system?...

4-creteria model for choosing what to do. I think I don't understand this model. Let's say I have 'Call My brother re: organizing a party for mom' at my action list. I'm at my office without access to the phone. Why should I think about the context creteria (@office) where I can't call my brother...

I'm lazy when entering next actions. First, I type in the next action. Then I have to enter the project. When you're in doing mode it seems like waste of time. My internal dialogue is: 'This is simple task, why should I spend time making a stick in the ground for it?'. It is not a real GTDer...

I want to be reminded on Mondays and Thursdays that I need to do my Spanish and English classes (30 minutes each) after I'm back from office, had dinner and light walk. It seems to me the calendar is not the right place as it could happen at 7pm or 9pm depending on commute time. What would you do?

My questions here is for Outlook implementation primarily. I am interested in how one might archive their completed projects for review. Does anyone do this? I do not remember DA ever mentioning that in his book, although I haven't reviewed it in a long time. This practice would be very useful...

I've been a student of GTD for a couple years now. Definitely still consider myself a novice. I think I have the basic methodology down but been working on understanding the philosophy of it better. Just finished "Lean Thinking" by Womack and Jones recently to learn more about running an...

Not sure if I'm doing that right. At my weekly review I open action list and take tge first next action on it. I can say if it's current or not but I can't say if I have a project for it or not. Just don't remember. So I have to go to project list to check. And the same way for each of 30 next...

Hi GTDers, Do you have one tickler file for both personal and professional items, or do you use separate ticklers? My problem with using only one tickler, is that my "personal and professional" tickler file, is mostly filled with personal items. Would it be better to do away with a...

Not sure why, but my GTD system has just sort of clicked as of late. Everything has come together and is working in unison, a very good feeling. I've posted this on some other GTD forums. If you'd like to take a look at how I organize my paper based GTD system, here it is: my paper based...

I was wondering how to set up this workflow: 1. Mail arrives (or is sent) 2. I select "Action" and make the appropriate classifications 3. The mail is stored in the Inbox under "@Action" 4. When the task is Completed the mail is automatically moved to the Reference folder. This is because...

I am stuck. As a freelancer it is imperative for me to get the most out of my time. I am convinced that GTD is the right system to help me with this. Of course I started out strong, energized with the possibilities of actually being more productive. But as time went on, the fire dimmed,...

I'm new to this GTD and I think I'm missing something. Lets say I have 3 projects that I can do at my desk, at work. (call them project A,B, &C) each has 3 or more steps involved. Project A is very important and due on Friday, B is due next Friday, and C at the end of the month. I've put...

If want to capture thoughts while I'm freewheeling in my car. The more I think about it, the more I think a simple single-purpose digital recorder is fine -- all it does is record voice, and that is all. It should have an on/off switch that I can work without looking. Am I overlooking any...