GTD

[mrlich]

Ok, I know it's (puke)business-speak(/end puke), but I was wondering - have any of you read Getting Things Done by David Allen?

I'm looking for ways to get myself better organized, and this seems to be the Hot New Big, so I thought that I would ask around for some opinions from those I respect personally.

Not a GTD person? Have some other method? Lemme know!

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[opadit.livejournal.com]

I keep a single list of stuff I have to get done and a calendar on a sheet of 8 1/2 by 11 paper, turned landscape-wise, of my weekly schedule. The schedule actually includes items like "housework" and "groceries" as well as my class schedule. The list is a wordperfect file that I never close, so it's always there when I start wordperfect for school-related things.

When I'm not in school, I keep a paper list of things to do. The list tends to include actions ("go to post office") as well as grocery items ("butter").

Personality-wise, in the past few years I've found that I can't really tolerate sitting around and doing nothing. Even if I try to relax by reading a book -- and I do read a lot outside of school stuff -- if there's a task that has to be done, I can't get into the book. Therefore, my bathroom is now painted, because it was a task that I knew I had to get done between the end of my summer internship and the beginning of fall quarter.