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Walk me through a day in the life of your gtd system
spike13 | Nov 12 2006
Most of the posts/sites I read discuss setup and technologies people use for GTD. I feel like I have a handle on the concepts and getting set up. WHere it falls apart for me is using it in practice. As soon as the flood of daily email enters my inbox, I can't maintain all my lists. I'd like to see some "day in the life" walk throughs of how people use GTD throughout the day. As the emails, requests from co-workers etc come in, how are they tracking them and keeping them in the system. I hope my question makes sense LOL. 12 Comments
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 My GTD daySubmitted by Laura M. on November 16, 2006 - 11:52am.
I haven't yet fully integrated GTD in my everyday routine, but as our beloved Flylady ;)would say, "baby steps, baby steps". So far, when I get to my office I open my email and got through each email I received overnight. - If spam, delete I?ve found out that, even if an email is actionable, it?s enough if I note it down in my GTD n/a list and archive the email for reference instead of moving it to my @action folder. Many have been the emails that have perished in my @action folder. - Do the same operations with mail (yeah, in my org. we still do some of our work with snail mail). Then check the n/a list and calendar to have a general idea of how my day would look like and work on my n/a. My work is manageable enough for me to act on email as it comes. I know Merlin?s not convinced of this way of dealing with email, but I find it?s better for me to, whenever is possible, to apply the email processing (read, delete/reply/archive) process as emails arrive because that way they don?t pile up. I don?t need to act upon them in the moment; I can always make a note in my n/a list. In any case, the sight of an almost empty inbox soothes me so much (when I see some colleagues? inboxes I just cringe). Just as the saying goes: out of sight, out of mind. Isn?t the whole GTD process based on emptying your mind of useless stuff? Posting this in my blog as well. Good topic idea spike13! » POSTED IN:
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