Further ruminations on GTD

I have a lot going on, so staying on track is essential. I’ve written before about using a Wordpress install for your GTD task manager and putting it into a Zoho Notebook so you have everything at one web address.

Even that can lead to forgetting to check certain sections where stuff is neatly filed away and the magical human brain decides, "I can’t see it, so it doesn’t matter." Thanks, brain!

I’ve slimmed down my system a bit. I eliminated the Inbox. Everything goes into "Next Action" or "Reference" (most of my "reference" stuff reminds me of its existence simply by getting needed by Brain at a later time). I sort through Next Action every time I go to the blog, and from there things can only go in two directions: Abandoned or Done.

If something is older than two weeks (that’s the time frame that works for me - pick whatever works for you), I decide right then and there whether I’m going to do it immediately or give it up. Remember, part of the point with GTD is not to have a lot of open loops in your head - you want to eliminate all those "Oh yeah I should do that" items that are hanging around and cluttering your thought process by either doing them or forgetting about them.