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changes on gtd to prevent burnout
Mark77 | Nov 17 2006
Lately I have begun using a daily to-do list again. I used GTD a lot over the last 1 1/2 years, and it helped me to get a lot of things done, probably too much than I should have. I don't blame this system, but I am suffering from burnout since a few months, and I had to seek professional help. In fact, I still fear that the constant fatigue and depression I experience for some time now might get worse. This was the main reason why I started to think about changing my system. 10 Comments
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Lately I have begun using...Submitted by andyc on November 23, 2006 - 12:09pm.
Mark77;6690 wrote:
Lately I have begun using a daily to-do list again. I used GTD a lot over the last 1 1/2 years, and it helped me to get a lot of things done, probably too much than I should have. I think there's a fine line between using GTD to do what you have do to (the happy medium) and using it as either a procrastination tool (at one end) or as a fast track to burnout (at the other extreme). I spent a hour yesterday turning my job description into a mind map to help me understand it. It wasn't on a NA list anywhere. But there was nothing on my to-do list that I'd promised anyone with a deadline, so I thought it seemed like a worthwhile thing to do - and then let incubate for a day or so before the review. GTD should be a tool to allow you to control your commitments, not for them to control you. The tag line on the book says "the art of stress-free productivity". If you're burning out, you're doing it wrong - probably in aspects of undertstanding commitments and renegotiating. Go back to basics, and read the book again. And look at your higher levels as well - what's really important to you? Doing all this shit, or having a good life? Sorry to be so blunt, but I don't do touchy-feely stuff very well. » POSTED IN:
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