If you design an overly elaborate "fantasy" system that you don't actually practice, I absolutely agree. So-called "productivity porn" tends to verge on this pr

If you design an overly elaborate "fantasy" system that you don't actually practice, I absolutely agree. So-called "productivity porn" tends to verge on this problem. David Allen talked about this - to paraphrase, he said that your real system is what you actually do when you are tired / hurried / overworked and don't have time to do all the steps of your idealized system. (Obviously, he recommends a very simple system that you can practice easily at any time.)