This train of thought started as I stood in the changing room at the gym, showered and ready to get dressed for work. “How could I be so stupid?.” Staring at a gym bag that contains NO clean underwear, and…
The benefits of productivity might seem obvious, even to those relatively new to what some might call “the movement.” There’s: Increased output Reduced time-wasting Improved efficiency Better organisation But the stand-out benefit for me, and the thing that has taken…
It’s been some time since I wrote my counterpoint to Bojan’s article on quitting GTD, and in that time I’ve come to know him a great deal better, to respect his opinion, and I consider him a friend. However when…
I’m on holiday from work this week, so it’s an opportunity to spend time with the family and get stuff done around the house. To be GTD-nerdy about it, it’s time to ditch the “work” context and hit the “home”…
Are you delivering outcomes, or just outputs? Last week was a particularly busy one, as I tried desparately to clear my pile of work down ahead of a week’s holiday. As I found myself shedding my morning gym visit to…
I had a lightbulb moment today. I was trialling the Emergent Task Planner, a paper-based task-management system recommended to me by Matt McCabe[1] in response to my recent GTD Reality Check.[2] For those not familar with the ETP, I would…
I started out on this journey last year as the result of a realisation that I was being pretty chaotic in how I got things done – and that perhaps the techniques I was aware of, but had previously dismissed,…
I wrote a little while ago about ”kryptonite tasks” [1] [2] – the recurring tasks that you always seem to get stuck on. For me it was the process of recording and submitting work expenses, but I’m confident many others…
Contexts are a relatively simple concept, and quite fundamental to GTD. The basic premise is that when processing your list of captured ‘stuff’ and creating actions /projects, you need to consider not only what you need to do, but where…
Nozbe launched its “new look” app in February (you can read my previous review here) and have not wasted any time in getting this new update out the door. Multi-platform consistency This is the first time Nozbe have shipped updates…
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