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I have about 50 projects at work now. But I realized today that a lot of my projects are'n't projects according to GTD: * For colleagues I have to regularly talk about some items, I have 'project' folders by name (for notes of things I want to talk to with then) + a list in my notebook. But I...

First, I've only got my system up and running at home. When I tried to implement it before, I tried at home and at work at the same time and it was too overwhelming. My work stuff is not involved for now, so it's home-type things I'm dealing with primarily. I'm refining my system. I'm still...

Hi, anyone out there reckon they can do some phone coaching? Read the book, brought the tshirt etc, but need some help getting my act together................ Australian is best - cheaper calls. Open to discussing how this business rship could pan out Cheers Jason

When my Boss will ask me when this project should end . The GTD methodolgy does not give me any way to estimate that time

Is there a Contacts Management to organize our Contacts lists? Everyday we meet people and receive many information such as name, phone number ,email address and the like. However, we tend to forget the name of the people when we want to have a call to him, or manage to memorize someone's...

In chapter 7, Setting up the right buckets, page 164. The Variety of Reference Systems: • General-reference filing—paper and e-mail • Large-category filing • Rolodexes and contact managers

1) I think the idea of the waiting for list is great to have an overview. However, I don't succeed in writing down everything I'm waiting for. There are so many little things you delegate... Do you really write down everything? Or do you only write down things you delegate that are really...

I’m having trouble using @agendas and @calls. My biggest issue is that I usually forget to check my @agendas/@calls when I talk to or meet someone spontaneously. Example: My brother calls me randomly and we end up talking for a while. After hanging up, I see in my actions under @agendas that I...

This has been the first year of actively applying GTD methodology in my daily life. What I found was when asked what my NYE resolutions were, I honestly didn't know what to answer. Because I'm constantly reviewing my longterm goals within GTD and breaking up activities into bite sized pieces...

I've read GTD. I haven't 'Ready for Anything'. What is 'Ready for Anything' about?

I read about this topic in another thread, and it seems there are two schools of thought. Some people suggest that actionable projects should be kept separate from non-actionable reference files, and others suggest that projects & reference files should be mixed in together in the A-Z file system,...

Check out today's Dilbert; apparently he's a GTDer.

As I have vacation time over the holidays (and once again find myself randomly tweaking my GTD system) I ponder the critical role of discipline and GTD, and discipline and life in general. I put a post up over here. This led me to think about how important discipline is when utilizing GTD. You...

I'm excited about implementing GTD in my life to start 2010 and already find myself thinking about how to organize the electronic part, which for me currently is Toodledo online and an iPhone, on which I currently have Appigo's ToDo and Notebook. I'm seeing that in implementing, the devil is in...

For example, I want to take pills everyday at specific time until I finish reading it. Do I need to write this down on my trusted system? If yes, is it belong to next action list or calender? (BTW, I'm a person definitely to forget to take pills without someone tell me to) It is defined that...

1) What to tell to colleagues who see your organization system and laugh a little with it? They ask if I'm not 'overorganised' but I think you can't be too organized. In the past I had a lot of trouble finding papers that were somewhere on my desk, and now it is much better. That's what I tell them...

A paper based diary which I carry everywhere (or intend to as I am shopping for 2010 planners now) with my to do list of which I have one at work and one at home on excel.... If I transfer my to do list to my daily planner, I will be forever rewriting tasks every day ... how do the two items...

1) I use paper for all my lists. A problem I have is that when I've done something of my next actions, I sometimes don't remember if I have done it or not. But normally I have done 'everything' because I write down everything. On a day you do so much actions, and when I tear off a page of my book...

Hey guys-- I'm heading into year 2ish of GTD and I've been thinking about what a "year in review" process might look like. Meaning, is there a system-wide checklist/walk through for what that might look like (akin to the weekly review walkthrough) or is the short answer -- start at the very top...