SYNOPSIS

Introduction

Text presentation, what is based upon, useful readings. Situation/circumnstances of the author, things tried. Tells about inception and reception of the original GTD, format and technical formalities.

Quickie overview of the GTD system

Shows a kind of differentiated and algorithmic way to look at GTD management system.

Inputs and inboxes

EMail input/inbox example/analogy, tells about other type/kind of input/inboxes, the action of inbox processing, list of common inputs in a life, and the possibility of information overload.

Projects and next actions

Talks about “next actions” lists and projects, lists methods/techniques, context and categories, and manageable lenghts of lists.

Actually doing things

To have a well-defined next action and context plus motivation eases the execution of an action, and mark down, re-read or delete finished stuff as part of the weekly review is a good habit.

Calendars and other reminder systems

Use of calendars and nagging systems for remainders.

Journalling and other ways of keeping track of things that have happened

Speaks about carrying a journal as a log of past actions, to combine it with the calendar, and techniques and effort to have a journal, and the conditions to execute an optim journalism.

Keeping track of files

Talks about organizing both digital and physical files/documents in folders or other types of physical representation; recommends to scan, in OCR if possible, every document.

Stuff you maybe want to do someday

Keep “someday/maybe” lists helps the brain relax of that dreams.

Waiting for things to happen

The “waiting for” and “in progress” lists are presented and differentiated.

The daily routine

Apart from automatic/mechanic basic stuff, it’s good to have daily remainders for small routine stuff.

The weekly review

Suggestions on how to make a good periodical review of the GTD system, some checklist items examples, the relevance of the weekly review, and other types of reviews.

Read and review folders

Handle and manage FIFO lists for “read & preview” is recommended to process all the info input.

Automation and checklists

Scripts and automation in different levels is recommended.

Getting started

Two ways to getting started: big, allocating a bunch of days/time to process and enlist everything in target; or slow, processing some aspect of the life. Two survival strategies mentioned for so much unprocessed stuff: giving up or taking a long time.

Things that did not work for me

Experience is mentioned about techniques/methods/tools that could be troublesome, and possibly perceived reasons.

Conclusion

Do stuff. Be happy.

References

QUOTES

David Allen’s “Getting Things Done”, or GTD for short, is a popular, powerful system for managing one’s life.

GTD is a system for managing your life: what you want to achieve, how you plan to achieve that, and how you deal with all the stuff life throws at you. You decide goals, the system helps you reach them.

You should break down the list by context or other suitable category. A context is the things that are required for you to do the action:

I feel like that every Monday morning.

I have no good solution for that, except to grow up.

The nagger remembers when you last did something, and after the specified time, it starts nagging you every day until you tell it you’ve done it again.

A calendar tells you what should happen in the future. A journal or diary tells you what you did in the past.

There are two kinds of files you need to keep track of: those related to current affairs, and those you archive for possible future use.

More important than the physical manifestation of the concept of “folder” is how you arrange them, when you have many of them.

It’s good to keep track of these things: otherwise the brain tends to keep coming back to them, so they don’t get forgotten, and that tends to waste time and energy. Keeping a list lets the brain relax.

Having routines is good, since it relieves you from having to make decisions all the time about trivial stuff. (It’s also good to break your routines every now and then, to avoid boredom.)

The weekly review is a fundamentally important part of making sure you stay on top of things.

https://translate.google.com/#en/es/ennui ennui. a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement. #term tedio.

but it also means you can continue to function normally while you do it.

You might start with just one aspect of your life.

You can deal with it by either giving up, or by taking a long time.

A single system is simpler, for me.

TERMS

ennui.

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