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I have a number of documents that should be kept for Tax Reasons for a period of time, but won't need to refer to them generally. I also have manuals on DVD Players, TV's etc, electrical and furniture warranty documents that should be kept, but may not need to refer to them very often. What...

3 years after discovering GTD, I'm still a baby at it's implementation. But the things that I have implemented have changed my life! And now I'd like to celebrate two great things which have happened to me in the last couple of days, thanks to GTD: 1) I have written every single medical...

Hi, I'm hoping for some help here. I perform a blended role in an IT Support Department split between project management and Technical Support. I have my GTD system setup in Evernote to manage projects and general everyday Next Actions, Read/Review, Agenda's etc. I also have to use a...

I'm a little confused about when to make an action a next action and what to do with it if its not a NA. I'm a graduate student and I manage two research facilities, so sometimes the executive-oriented GTD methods need to be translated to my work. Heres the question: If I'm going through...

I went to the Blockbuster the other day, and I saw an interesting movie called "Chaos Theory" because it talked about the main character was an efficiency expert that "kept a lot of lists". I thought that was funny, so I rented it. This movie is seriously spoofing GTD and David Allen. The main...

Is anyone an attorney. I would like to know how you implemented GTD in your law practice. I found some old forum archieves on a google search that helped somewhat, but I would like to get those discussions going again. Some Questions 1. Is each case a project or Area of Focus? 2. How do you...

I need help figuring out where to file my daughter's dance class schedule, tuition information, papers about upcoming performances etc... Now I think the papers that have a time associated with them would be filed in my tickler file on the appropriate day. I do refer to the dance schedule at...

Can anyone point me to examples of real lists of project and next actions? I'd like to see how others are implementing GTD -- not just descriptions, but real examples.

I like outlook to open by default to the Personal Folder which gives me a general overview. How ever, I have set up my Action Lists/Projects lists in tasks and now they all appear on the Menu of the personal folder. Does anyone have a tip to set up that area as more of a todo list as opposed to...

Hello, I was wondering if for example reading a book is a project, since I'll obviously not finish it in one time? Also a "project" that really consists of say 10 identical, repeated tasks - is that a project or is that one task? For example - interview 10 experts, ask them the exact same...

I was just rereading portions of GTD last night and came across this: "Although most people will wind up processing their notes into some sort of list organizer, a few will actually stick with the simpole piece-of-paper-per-thought system." Does anyone here use one full sheet of paper per item?...

As one reads through this forum it doesn't take a genius to recognize that quite a few people are involved in an obsession to have some perfect system that will give them perfect order. Many of the details people obsess over seem to be exceptionally minor, others seem to repeatedly go through a...

I've been stuck on a bunch of different projects lately. Just not felt like moving forward on many fronts. This coincides with an experiment of mine to keep my Projects list open all the time (I use text files on my computer for all my GTD lists). The theory was that the Projects list would...

When I started off with GTD, about 15 months ago, I did immediately get the boost in energy and creativity that "the David" talks about. It was incredibly freeing to get things out of my mind, and I enthusiastically carried around universal capture pads and wrote down tons of new ideas in them. I...

I truly dont get this concept at all.Please help me to understand.Would in not be easier if you jut made a to do list for that day and cross it off.For example if you start a project list such as fax #1paper work -#2 get health physical-#3 start web- site #4 service car.You write all this down on...

Hello, new to the site and am trying to download the "Productive Talk" podcasts either from this site or Odeo.com directly, and am coming up with either dead links or timeouts -- are these currently available anywhere else? I am looking for the .mp3 files here:...

I have a few questions. I'm new to GTD..just started about 2 weeks ago or so. I am using my Palm for Calandar and Contacts which I've been doing for over a year. I'm putting my lists in a daytimer on blank pages filed under the letters where you would put contacts. Can't seem to decide about...

I am currently setting up my file cabinets and was looking for feed back. I have set up the A-Z gen ref...how ever, how are people managing recurring tasks like paying bills and managing household financial information? Is setting up a project folder for paying bills the way to go? Or has anyone...

I am currently going back to get my MBA. Taking 3 courses concurrently while working a full time job. A neat trick that has been helping me out: -Make every class a PROJECT -At weekly review, go through syllabus for each class and check for assignments/projects with due dates. -Add these to...