if I read this book, will it make me want to clean my apartment?
Has anyone read this book? I've been meaning to read it for years and I finally got to the point where I can't put off getting organized any longer.
I'm through chapter 2, and so far it feels like David Allen wrote the book just for me. The way he describes how tasks come in and overwhelm us is so spot-on, and the parts I've read so far about how to manage it all, really seem to make a lot of sense.
So I'm just wondering if anyone else here has read GTD and/or adopted the methodology.
This was actually my initial resistance to the whole thing. But as has been mentioned, over the past fifteen years or so, it's really proven itself, and studies have even been done to validate a lot of the principles regarding the ways we think.Has anyone read this book? I've been meaning to read it for years and I finally got to the point where I can't put off getting organized any longer.
I'm through chapter 2, and so far it feels like David Allen wrote the book just for me. The way he describes how tasks come in and overwhelm us is so spot-on, and the parts I've read so far about how to manage it all, really seem to make a lot of sense.
So I'm just wondering if anyone else here has read GTD and/or adopted the methodology.
You do realize, that Reading the book -getting things done-, Instead of actually getting things done, is STILL presently putting off getting things done..Show Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/uhuhuh-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862523)
I've been a big fan of GTD for a long time now and re-read it now and again. It's a great book and has really stood the test of time.
What I like best about it is that it's not based on a specific tool and the concepts can be applied to anything. So if you're more comfortable with paper, use that. If you like software, use that. Considering that I was using a Palm Pilot when I first started with GTD, I can attest that it evolves with the tool that works best for your situation.
Belfong mentioned Things (http://culturedcode.com/things/), which is a great app for the Mac and iOS. OmniFocus (https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/) is great too if you need something more complicated. TaskPaper (http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/taskpaper) if you want something more basic.
I'd suggest waiting on choosing an app though until you're comfortable with the ideas in the book and begin implementing the concepts in whatever you're using now.
As any advice is only as good as your ability to put it to work.That's the beautiful part about GTD. It requires no new skills. I was skeptical for years and thought it was just a fad. But I've been really impressed with how easily I've started picking up the mindset.
As any advice is only as good as your ability to put it to work.That's the beautiful part about GTD. It requires no new skills. I was skeptical for years and thought it was just a fad. But I've been really impressed with how easily I've started picking up the mindset.
I'm going to look into this. I often suffer from 'analysis paralysis' where there's so many things I need/want to do, to the point where I end up not really doing any of it.The point of GTD is that you just brain dump all the things you want to do into a box, one task/idea at a time (in Things app’s case, it’s an Inbox). Then, every morning you look this box of chores and drag and drop them into Today, which are things you need to get done today. You can also drop them to Next or Someday. As you disciplined yourself in prioritizing your task, you wil find that all these tasks are not so daunting and you don’t need to overly analyze them. That’s frees up your mind to really concentrate on the task that need to get done today.
Thanks for the tip.
Well put. And then over time you build confidence in your system and your subconscious mind learns to trust it as well, freeing you to from that wandering mind.I'm going to look into this. I often suffer from 'analysis paralysis' where there's so many things I need/want to do, to the point where I end up not really doing any of it.The point of GTD is that you just brain dump all the things you want to do into a box, one task/idea at a time (in Things app’s case, it’s an Inbox). Then, every morning you look this box of chores and drag and drop them into Today, which are things you need to get done today. You can also drop them to Next or Someday. As you disciplined yourself in prioritizing your task, you wil find that all these tasks are not so daunting and you don’t need to overly analyze them. That’s frees up your mind to really concentrate on the task that need to get done today.
Thanks for the tip.
I'm going to look into this. I often suffer from 'analysis paralysis' where there's so many things I need/want to do, to the point where I end up not really doing any of it.The point of GTD is that you just brain dump all the things you want to do into a box, one task/idea at a time (in Things app’s case, it’s an Inbox). Then, every morning you look this box of chores and drag and drop them into Today, which are things you need to get done today. You can also drop them to Next or Someday. As you disciplined yourself in prioritizing your task, you wil find that all these tasks are not so daunting and you don’t need to overly analyze them. That’s frees up your mind to really concentrate on the task that need to get done today.
Thanks for the tip.
and explained how incredible org-mode is for GTD (and many, many other things) & rambled about unexpected benefits like more work/less stress, clearer perspective about my life, long-term goals, the path that brought me to where I am today and where the path I'm on is headed..The point of GTD is that you just brain dump all the things you want to do into a box, one task/idea at a time (in Things app’s case, it’s an Inbox). Then, every morning you look this box of chores and drag and drop them into Today, which are things you need to get done today. You can also drop them to Next or Someday. As you disciplined yourself in prioritizing your task, you wil find that all these tasks are not so daunting and you don’t need to overly analyze them. That’s frees up your mind to really concentrate on the task that need to get done today.Well put. And then over time you build confidence in your system and your subconscious mind learns to trust it as well, freeing you to from that wandering mind.
I'm going to look into this. I often suffer from 'analysis paralysis' where there's so many things I need/want to do, to the point where I end up not really doing any of it.The point of GTD is that you just brain dump all the things you want to do into a box, one task/idea at a time (in Things app’s case, it’s an Inbox). Then, every morning you look this box of chores and drag and drop them into Today, which are things you need to get done today. You can also drop them to Next or Someday. As you disciplined yourself in prioritizing your task, you wil find that all these tasks are not so daunting and you don’t need to overly analyze them. That’s frees up your mind to really concentrate on the task that need to get done today.
Thanks for the tip.
Do you have a link for the app? Is there an Android's one?
You need to read a book to do that?I'm going to look into this. I often suffer from 'analysis paralysis' where there's so many things I need/want to do, to the point where I end up not really doing any of it.The point of GTD is that you just brain dump all the things you want to do into a box, one task/idea at a time (in Things app’s case, it’s an Inbox). Then, every morning you look this box of chores and drag and drop them into Today, which are things you need to get done today. You can also drop them to Next or Someday. As you disciplined yourself in prioritizing your task, you wil find that all these tasks are not so daunting and you don’t need to overly analyze them. That’s frees up your mind to really concentrate on the task that need to get done today.
Thanks for the tip.
You need to read a book to do that?
A dev of a popular agenda/organization thingy for VIM abandoned his project for org-mode. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWD1Fpdd4Pc)Looking at this presentation, it seems he abandoned Vim for drugs.