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This is going to sound crazy to GTD'ers but I don't maintain a task list of any sort. I used to be crazy about Franklin Covey, then GTD, and it was all stress a
by ryanmarsh 9y ago
This is going to sound crazy to GTD'ers but I don't maintain a task list of any sort. I used to be crazy about Franklin Covey, then GTD, and it was all stress and anxiety. If something is important it will bubble up to the forefront and I'll take care of it. Otherwise I just let it go. You'd be amazed how few things you actually have to get done to enjoy a happy life and to be successful in your work.
- kstrauser 9y agoI use GTD and handle the thing you're talking about in the classification process. Everything I think I might want to do goes into my OmniFocus inbox. Everything. This gets it out of my mind and I can stop thinking about it. Then, unless it's time-sensitive, I let it sit there for a couple of days at least. When I sit down to sweep through my inbox, I toss out the stuff that doesn't hold up. "Check the van's mileage for an oil change"? Keep. "Buy that dog t-shirt for my wife for Christmas"? Yeah, she'll still like that. "Turn the lawn chair into a pilotable drone"? That sounded like a great idea at the moment but I'll never actually do it: delete. I also have a weekly review where I'm pretty ruthless about pruning stuff. "I've been thinking about doing X for the last year, but if I was actually going to do it, I'd have done it by now. Goodbye!" At the end of this, I have a very manageable set of actions that I actually intend to follow through on. Knowing that I don't have to remember each of them is hugely liberating to me.
- jsilence 9y agoAgreed. You could also strongly filter the input going into the inbox and only manage the critical items like taxes and hard appointments. no low priority or maybe/someday stuff. Best of both worlds.