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While processing my emails to zero, I often have mutliple emails containing articles or links to web site articles related to my profession. Since there's no way of knowing whether the email will take less than 2 min. to do (read) I can either stop processing and read, taking my chances on the...

Has anyone created files for researching their family. I have over a thousand people in my tree and may receive information on anyone one of them at a given time. It is really chaotic. I have files on the computer and in drawers. Does anyone have a good way to do this. I just finished reading the...

I'm a sales director. My work role assumes a lot of customer meetings and internal meetings with sales. I have a lot of Next Actions to assign those meetings. I like to procrastinate on those and here's the reason why. Each meeting is usually 1 or 1.5 to 2 hours. I'm not a robot so I can do 4...

I have a project (well a few probably) where the intended outcome is to establish a habit. For the sake of argument let's say it's writing a weekly blog entry, or any other daily or weekly activity that one might like to introduce. So in my review, I might think about what the successful...

I spend most of my time on my computer, on account of my profession. I use Mac OSX or Linux as my OS. If you were to look at my machine you'd weep. While most areas of my life are well organised, my computer is a complete mess. I don't find the default directories that are set up in either...

Now, as I am gradually returning to basics (meaning paper, see another thread) questions pop up as I let go of the digital domain. I had a quick look at David Allens paper GTD® and Paper Planners/Organizers and this is a great help. While I fully understand the concepts of the calendar as...

At this time of year, I receive a lot of time-sensitive information about sales and coupons from companies from which I have made purchases. After trying more labor-intensive workflows, I now throw them into an "@Shopping" folder. It's easy to sort by date or company, and they are there when I am...

I must be insane... I have agreed to give a relative (whom I barely know at all) a paid part-time office job, starting with a minimum of two half-days a week, assisting me in my home office until she finds a "real" part-time job. She needs something to put on her resume and to get office...

In various contexts (videos on connect; podcasts) I heard sometimes the advice to create a folder for - action support sometimes for - project support Does that mean the same?

I know everyone is unique but how many Next Actions is enough for a person to have on the active list to cope with? I think that 200 is too much when 5 is not enough to be engaged the whole day. Is it right to calculate next action or a better option would be to calculate projects? How many David...

One of my areas of backlog is Reference Files. Can't move desktop stuff to files because the file drawers are full. Can't move stuff from the file drawers to Reference because the closets and office space for reference material is full. Any suggestions for clearing up Reference Backlog? ...

Is the Workflow chart complete? What is the outcome? What is the next action? Organize the results and do. This approach leads to overcommitment. I think there's a need in Do I need this outcome question.

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Recently I was reading a psychology book. I found somewhere in the book a statement that our psych system prefers to have stability and focus. It was said that we need an uninterruptable focus for at least 1 hour to feel not stressed. Now, my GTD system has 16 projects with 55 next actions. They...

How do you integrate your area of focus/responsibility files? For example, let's say you have the following areas: career, health, household, relationships, finances, GTD. As a result of those areas you may come up with a project which would result in it's own project file folder. You may have...

I am starting at ground zero. I need to purge many years of files, set up reference and action file space, purge many years of old emails, and get my email in-box to zero. Obviously, this is going to take a long time to complete. In the meantime, what do I do when I get to the Weekly Review and...

I don't know how to make a poll so would provide options here. When do you choose a Next Action to do: first thing in the morning, at the current moment or in the evening for the upcoming day. Would be interesting to know when David Allen does it himself.

I would like to buy a box to keep my watches. This wish is not connected to any project, just a wish. Right now it sits on my someday-maybe. Is it the right place for this reminder? Maybe I should put it on @Errands list? Or shopping list? Where's the distinction????

I got a new labeler :) my first one, both for USB and carry around N/A unpack it N/A read handbook N/A attack to power supply hm... all power sockets around my PC are occupied -> I have to purge the cable mess behind my desk