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Originally Posted by {aspiring_to_clarity}  Just wanted to say congrats on what you've accomplished so far and good luck going forward. It seems this is working pretty well for you. |
It is, thanks for the encouragement.
What has become extremely apparent as I study the book every day (Got the audiobook too) is that it is extremely simple. While it seems overwhelming at first, it really comes down to the simplistic "cranking of widgets" once things are defined, in fact, the book should be called "Getting Things Defined".
Just looking at my next action list today I got a bunch of steps done as well as about 3 projects. Not huge, life defining projects by any stretch, but things I have been meaning to do...one for months and months.
Not only that, but I am absolutely in love with my Modded Hipster PDA...it lets me brainstorm, capture, doodle, keep info and its all like a mini filing cabinet in my pocket and it doesn't disrupt the other residents (cell phone, lip balm, pen, etc)
Heres a few insights I have come across:
-Secure a filing cabinet before you start. The general reference filing has been amazing tool, but I didn't get a filing cabinet for a couple weeks and it hindered me.
-Read the book 2x before starting and follow it as closely as possible.
-The tickler file seems practically draconian when you have something as badass as Google Calendar on your side. It almost takes too much discipline to check those folders everyday...when you ARE going to be looking at your calendar for sure.
-People hacking moleskines to make GTD systems seem like they are going through so much undue punishment. I do so much rearranging, adding and doing of my stuff that it would be too much for me to carry around. Perhaps once I get a little better at defining ALL the next actions for a project I will be able to stay in that paper based elite.
-If anyone does or is interested in implementing GTD, I suggest you take a good look at
Nozbe to help you do so. It keeps it simple and is based on GTD, not a bunch of other tools hacked together. It can only get better too, which is the amazing thing as it's already phenomenal.
-Everyone told me that the weekly review is imperative, and I completely agree. If you aren't doing a weekly review...well, you aren't getting things done. It just has to be done, and even if you get some next actions cleared up and more well defined, it makes it worth it.