Problems with GTD

[Kelala]

You do pose an interesting set of issues. It is not clear to me, but I assume you are in a war situation. If so, I would do as many mind sweeps in my spare time so that my mind stays as empty as possible when I need to be 100% focused of what I am doing....like not getting killed.

If you are not in a life or death situation and have some time but cannot use any external tools, I would develop some memory tricks or shortcut codes for things that come up. You might check the internet for "remembering things."

I am also wondering how much you have worked on your Horizons....30, 40 and 50K. You may be living totally on the runway with no underlying guidance as to what is really important to you.

Be safe first

[GTDinExcel]

Do you have a buddy with a good memory? If so, you could mention the item to him/her and maybe one of you will remember it later!

[kglade]

From time to time I am also in a situation where I don't have handy any capture tools. I have found that learning a simple memory trick helps. There are many simple ways to remember a list of ten things. The one I use most is to mentally go around a room I know well, and associate my to-do item with something in the room. Later, I go around the room in my imagination and can recall the items.

I have to make a silly / crazy picture to associate each to-do to each item in the room. For example, "call Mike to ask about car mechanic" linked to the end table is a picture of Mike standing on one foot on top of the small end table, balancing and almost falling. Mike (not a mechanic) is wearing mechanic overalls and holding a big wrench.

Later, I remember end table - Mike - mechanic and it is enough for me to write down the whole idea.

I don't remember exactly where I learned this trick, but here is a link to get you started http://www.buildyourmemory.com/roman.php.