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Once you have transferred action items to your GTD, what do you do with the Conference Reference Notes? Do you file them by Conference Title, Conference Topic?

I'm a 22 year old web designer, I work at a design firm, freelance, and i'm finishing up school for web design in march. Right now, I'm losing more money than gaining because I can't stay focus on what I need to do such as school work, freelance, and 9-5. I seriously thinking about quitting...

My project list contains projects i'm intended to do yo fulfil my goals. During the week lots of new next actions enter my @work list. Usually they are not supporting my goals and i'm not motivated to do them. Anyway i have to do them.

If so, how?

I am hoping that someone can give me a suggestion about how I can get the "My Documents" area of my PC under control. I have way too many folders and clutter. Are there 10 basic folders that could be used? For example for information, I could see one folder being called "Family" and then...

I have reading materials in two places--my desk and my email reading folder. Desk--Lots of professional journals. Some are current and many are older. I had kept the older ones thinking that I might someday want an article for reference, however, in reality that rarely happens. EMail...

I have my own system for Getting Things Done. However, when I work collaboratively with others using Google Docs to track tasks, I find myself duplicating things. For example, in Google Docs, I'll say "Owner is John. John needs to send out the TPS memo" and in my own system, I'll have...

What I'm really liking about the book is that has helped me better understand the "whys" behind the first book. Recently did a mindmap of my Horizons of Focus. What I've noticed is that right now I have alot of projects around my areas of responsibility. Now that I have my areas of focus on...

Is there anything that can be done to make all David's books available on Kindle in Australia ? The only one currently available is Making Things Happen. Thanks - Michael

Where would you put something like the step below? I don't see anything in the list that works? Research target companies at library

Getting email to zero is a challenge for me. I have home PC files set up (@action, read/review, Calls, etc) and a paper based GTD system. I am able to get my in box emails processed into the appropriate folders, however, the actions, read/reveiw, and call folders never seem to get to a zero state....

Well, I admit that almost nothing is on autopilot in my work or play life; I have not followed routines in years. You might say that my routine is to flutter around, dealing with crises and then land to try to urgently catch up with the stuff that most people do regularly. So my interesting...

Page 144 mentions that the vast majority of project actions do not have to be done on a specific day. It also mentions that it does not mean that they don't involve some sort of time sensitivity and to work from the next-action lists whenever calendar has discretionary time. There is a part of me...

I am trying to help a friend plan a challenging project. It is proving hard to help someone think about desired outcomes who is focused on the process to the point of only seeing one option. But it has made me realize how easy it is to get fixated on employing a particular method rather than...

I am setting up a loose leaf notebook, 4 x 6, for my GTD Lists, so that in addition to my briefcase, I can also easily carry it in my purse. ( time will tell if this size will work). My question today is about Calls. Voice mail Messages-- If I keep pads of paper by the phone to write down...

Recently read David's latest book, which generated a list of questions. Rather than list them all here, I've decided to take the "IV drip" approach and post them one at a time, so I can incorporate follow up actions. Previously I read Getting Things Done, implemented GTD, but feel off the wagon. ...

So, recently upon waking up i've noticed i'll begin my day by tackling my reoccurring projects, the nitty gritty things that just come up...such as cleaning a room, washing the dishes, go jogging, couple of personal calls, etc. Before that however I always do my Morning Review in OmniFocus,...

As for many people, I have found GTD tremendously useful in many areas of my life, however I have one sticking point I hope other users of the forum may be able to help me through. I find the framework of GTD very much suited towards those that may be working a traditional desk job. Given my...

I want to stick to paper, but I've been spending so much time rewriting items from one list to another that I'm kind of giving up. How have the other people using paper-based systems been able to keep the review efficient? I don't want to have to buy a smartphone just for GTD.

I am thinking about some things, usually those that will end up being a project , that. Put into my innocence that i don't know what I want to do about it yet. For example fix x. I know that I am going to have to fix x bit haven't yet decided how. So do I just put the next action as "plan how to...