I read GTD a few years ago, and I do believe at the time, it went right over my head. Not that I didn't get what was going on in it, I just didn't seem to really feel like it had any value. However, in light of my
30 (24) Day Water Fast this past month, I have come to realize that many benefits don't materialize until something becomes a part of your reality. So I am going to use the GTD system for February and see where it gets me.
The main reason is because of the idea of "freeing up your mental ram", because once you purge your mind of everything floating around, it can increase your clarity. I would like not only that clarity, but the ability to get things done.
While I have not reread GTD, I did pour over the
GTD Primer over at Black Belt Productivity as well as read up some things at 43Folders and other areas.
I have decided on my tools.
A Hipster PDA For Collection. I always have a pen in my pocket anyway, so I figure, hey lets keep it simple and inexpensive.
Google Calender for my "Hard Landscape"
Gmail as my Unified Electronic Inbox (All my Mail Routes to here)
And as the backbone of my system I am using
Nozbe, which I upgraded to a Basic account...its only 5 dollars a month for a basic account and I really like the interface and that it is designed specifically for GTD. Not only that but this can all be held inside my iGoogle homepage as Nozbe has a nice widget implementation of its service.
So on friday, I start dumping the contents of my brain. I already sort of have started.
If anyone has any suggestions on how I can make the recording of this implementation any more....entertaining...let me know.
I am really interested to see the results it produces in my life.