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5 or 6 years ago, I got big into Getting Things Done. I definitely gained real-life wisdom, but eventually I stopped because following David Allen's methodology
by PaulStatezny 5y ago
5 or 6 years ago, I got big into Getting Things Done. I definitely gained real-life wisdom, but eventually I stopped because following David Allen's methodology was taking multiple hours a day.
Do you find that it's taking a ton of time for you? Or maybe you're doing a loose interpretation of the system?
- jmnicolas 5y ago> David Allen's methodology was taking multiple hours a day. But was it hours of "administrative" tasks maintaining the GTD thing or was it hours of doing something productive?
- mabbo 5y agoAnother person replied with the key question: multiple hours of organization and maintaining the system, or multiple hours of getting things done? I'm definitely not following Allen's methodology exactly. I'm doing what works for me. I'm automating a lot of the bullshit, and ignoring Allen's entire half-chapter devoted to why paper is the only option (there is no paper in my system at all). I also don't have any references to sort or organize- everything is in my google drive, which has a powerful search feature. That may come back to bite me, but it hasn't yet. I do find I am spending a couple hours a day just doing stuff that I would have procrastinated on otherwise.