Your comment that it takes 1-2 years to really get the GTD system working well actually gives me hope. I've been struggling with it off and on (off at this time of year, when term papers and exams almost overwhelm research and family time, and on at the beginning of the term when my calendar looks like there is plenty of space to get everything done). Knowing that it will take me another year sort of puts a deadline on the learning curve and encourages me to keep working at getting the system in place.

Rachel