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read the book etc, not sure how to start... help!
duncanshannon | Sep 13 2006
Hi- I've been thinking about GTD for about a year now (off and on) and im switching jobs again and I think it might be a good time to try GTD. I've read the GTD book, read a bunch of posts on line about people using it, studied the GTD flow chard etc... im just not sure what my first real step(s) should be. I am having stuff start to pile up at my new job already (im not 100% sure of the scope of my responsibilites is yet either) and i want to keep track of things. My boss is very driven and I want to keep up. I've been just using a notebook so far, taking lots of notes with action items on a per day basis. They use Lotus Notes (v5.0!) which im not great with yet. I think i like the idea of Gtiddlywiki (sp?) on a USB stick to be my 'system'. I can get the 43 folders setup once i actually get my desk. I have a treo 650 but am considering getting rid of it and going back to a plain ol cell phone. How do i take my first couple of steps? Do I really need to do this for work and home life at the same time? I feel like i need to determine my "@" lists to start dumping stuff in, but im not sure I know what they should be. I know the process says to collect and process. Can someone coach me a bit here and help me get my baby steps going? Thanks much in advance. Im really looking forward to some GTD nirvana. 11 Comments
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 The @phone never worked for...Submitted by jabba on September 14, 2006 - 8:13am.
Paul;5914 wrote:
The @phone never worked for me, because about 98% of my calls wind up with me having more action items, and without the ability to write things down in the car, I'm setting myself up for failure. My memory is much worse that most people's, though, I think. Add to that the fact that I'm driving, and I'll come away with very little from the conversation. I solved this with my one really successful piece of technology: The Sony P210 voice recorder http://tinyurl.com/loyyo Sometimes people think it odd that I repeat everything I should be writing down, but it gets into my trusted system that way. It was a little hard to always remember to sit down and transcribe but I'm getting better at it. I also record weekly meetings when it's my turn to scribe - I'm a horrible note teker and while I'm writing up the notes I can listen to the conversation and catch more of what was said the second time around. It's GTD in the sense that it's one of my "trusted inboxes". I call it my "additional Memory" because I'm horribly memory challenged. Although I have a treasure trove of trivia in my head at all times! » POSTED IN:
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