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I have a similar problem - I'm a University lecturer and outside of teaching duties I have to create my own work (e.g. grant applications, designing experiments) and sometimes I just cannot. Be. ...

I had a similar problem when I first started GTD-ing - I didn't know where to start on my Weekly Review. As mentioned above, if you follow the plan in the book, that makes things much much easier.
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If they are really not time pressing, then I would say you could safely file them somewhere, then put a note in your Someday/Maybe to "sort random thoughts" and leave it at that.

But, I suspect...

Just to check something - you have breadmaker down in your separate Someday/Maybe list right? Separate from your other Projects and NAs?

Anyway, t definitely sounds like you don't quite trust...

I only have more than one NA if the each is completely separate and independent, preferably in different contexts. The whole point of GTD is to have a specific next action to do, so if you're...

I think this point is really interesting, because it's something that comes up when I try and "sell" GTD to other people - you say "write down the next actions" and people instantly say, "that's...

I always keep them, but put something after them in square brackets, like this:

[done]

or

[done at 12:30] <-- for all day events


I would strongly advise against deleting them, for all...

I didn't realise that was a golden rule of GTD! - where does it say that, out of interest?

EDIT - Thanks mmurray, I get it now!

This seems to be a consistent problem with GTD, and perhaps - in my opinion - one that is least addressed in the book.

I, like you, don't like using written lists because things become obscured...

I know exactly what pdaly means, and I know when I first started with GTD, and things started to get really busy I had a little panic (that nausea is a good image!) that I would miss something - that...

Much as everyone else has said - sounds to me like you've captured all your open loops, but are stumbling on processing and organising.

I'm not sure if the Clie has the same setup as a Palm, but...

I've been in touch with Anne, and she's been very helpful in letting me know about the correct way to share GTD like this - very prompt in replying and friendly :)

She's requested that I don't go...

Hi all - hope someone can help me with this: I've just become a lecturer at University, and some of my duties involve helping students with study skills. I'm thinking of introducing some GTD ideas...

I don't think you let contexts rule you - if you're near a phone, it doesn't mean you HAVE to do your phone calls. Similarly, as you said if you're going for a job interview, you're not going to...

I think you've hit the nail on the head there mackiest. Most of the time it's motivational (like kewms says though, I've been in situations where there was more research to do before I could "just...

Sometimes I have NAs which require relatively little effort, but will be time consuming or will require me to actually sit down and do something. For example, maybe I want to alphabetise my CDs (I...

I am currently revamping my GTD system at the moment, and I was hoping for some feedback to see if anyone could spot any potential pitfalls.

Right now, I have a single @work context, which is...

I always feel like saying something can be done in "2 minutes" is more like, "it can be done fairly quickly, needs no other input or research, and the only thing stopping me is that it's boring or...

I still feel like I occasionally have a revelation about GTD - I'm still pretty new (only started about 2 months or so ago) so I guess there might be a little "tweaking" still to do :)

Two...

Yup, this makes sense - exactly what I do in fact.
I have a Projects list, with the next action for each one, and the context lists, with those next actions in the appropriate place.
(I'll just...