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Project: Return large dictionary to gran.
Next Action: Call Gran to arrange visit :)

Because YOU decide what your goals and priorities are, not GTD.


Yes, exactly. You decide what you want to do and you can use GTD to help facilitate the doing, while dealing with the day-to-day...

Specifically for the can't sleep issue: when I wake up in the middle of the night and find myself unable to stop thinking about stuff I turn on the radio, tune to a talk station, pop an earphone into...

I would be so tempted start a presentation on being organised by pretending to lose my notes- and then "find" them in a back pocket. A touch of humor goes a long way in public speaking and helps put...

Unfortunately the most effective method is to "just do it". Once I've overcome the inertia to start the ball rolling it usually gets easier. The act of doing often leads to ideas of more interesting...

I suspect that what would happen here is that the brain would get used to there being nothing on the list and then assume there is never anything there and ultimately you would never check it.

Easy- just add "by 3rd Feb" or prefix with due date (use international date code eg 2013-02-03 and you have the ability to sort by date) etc, etc. In practise though I associating dates with actions...

I disagree. This is a perfect example of something which should go on the NA list. The whole point is to do things before they become urgent.



I agree with TesTeq, two minute rule applies. If...

Interesting, I thought most people just had one single next action list like me. My list is sorted by context so I can zoom in on the appropriate actions for where I am. Only possible with an...

You should only have one next action list, comprising next actions for all your projects. I wonder if the problem is that you are trying to put "next" next actions on your list.

For example for a...

Have you started to define your 30,000ft+ level goals and plans yet?

Look up "narcissistic personality disorder" and see if it applies to your boss. You may find ideas for techniques to help deal with him.

GTD's great for making use of snippets of time which come about due to this topsy turvy-ness. When I was on night-shift I would usually wake up in the middle of the nights when I was not working...

Maybe you could use the time after 2200 when everybody else has gone to bed and it's all quiet. Depends what kind of stuff you want to do of course. Performing woodwork in the middle of the night is...

Not entirely true- it's possible to do a next action which is part of two or more projects. For example I might make mushroom soup (next action) because I want to use up some leftover mushrooms in...

I've started putting stuff like this into SDMB, which gets reviewed weekly. That way I at least can trust that I will get a regular reminder that it's something I want to think about but I can carry...

I'm not a slave of my chronotype either. But I find it better to live in harmony with my natural rhythms rather than constantly fighting against them.

Everybody has a chronotype, from early bird to night owl as PatinSC puts it. My personal opinion is that it is most effective to match your daily routine to your chronotype rather than the other way...

On work days I'm up before 5am and I go do work (widget cranking). On non-work days I usually wake up at a similar time, without the alarm because my body clock is set to that. I usually go to bed...

I've never really seen the point of a tickler file, but then I've never tried it so maybe I'm losing out. I just use my trusty electronic diary (well, maybe not so trusty as files can get...