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But how do you know what's on your plate today with GTD? Usually the prescribed approach is to go into a context (ie, @email or @phone) and start plugging away
by dave1619 14y ago
But how do you know what's on your plate today with GTD? Usually the prescribed approach is to go into a context (ie, @email or @phone) and start plugging away at the next actions from various projects that require you to be in that context. Great if you're in a straitforward task job like sales but not good for creativity and getting creative work done. It's too rigid and the focus is on the granular next actionable step. Sometimes tough problems require 5 hours of focused going at it. Correct me if I'm wrong but GTD never worked for me to promote that kind of focus. (btw, I wrote the OP)
- px 14y agoKeeping an active inventory of your commitments (including a calendar for day to day items) allows for a couple of things: 1. Removing latent anxiety related to trying to keep track of all that needs to be done, which can in turn free one to focus on creative pursuits. 2. Making conscience decisions to defer certain projects and goals, which can also have quite a liberating effect.
- larrywright 14y agoI'm a GTD adherant, but the idea of just plugging away at next actions never clicked with me either. I do two things that seem to help: 1. I pick a couple of things each week that I need to focus on each week, and put them in a list I review every day. Generally, these are projects that I have on my project list, but that need some attention in a given week. 2. I maintain a daily todo list that is culled each morning from my master todo list. Each day I pre-pick a handful of things to do and put them on my list of tasks for the day. This act of preselecting my work isn't canonical GTD, but it works for me. IMO GTD is a great starting point, but most people need to adapt it to their personal circumstances and working style.