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One Letter sheet per inbox item?
sud0n1m | May 1 2007
Im currently on chapter 5 in GTD. I've been using actiontastic to capture inbox items and lists on pieces of paper. What I don't get is that one letter size piece of paper per idea seems like huge wastage! Is letter size critical here? Is there any reason not to quarter a piece of letter paper and capture each item like that? I love the idea of GTD, but the paper waste seems.. well... wasteful! 7 Comments
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 What I don't get is...Submitted by SteveC on May 2, 2007 - 5:38am.
sud0n1m;9173 wrote:
What I don't get is that one letter size piece of paper per idea seems like huge wastage! Is letter size critical here? Is there any reason not to quarter a piece of letter paper and capture each item like that? None whatsoever in my experience -- that's exactly what I do. I use scrap paper (printouts I don't need anymore, those annoying blank or almost blank sheets that printers are always spitting out, that sort of thing) and cut them in four. I have a stack on my desk at work, on my desk at home and on a bookshelf in the living room. They get used for all sorts of things (shopping lists being a favorite) as well as idea collection. And when I'm done they get recycled. When out and about I use some tiny tear-off note pads 2.25"x3" or thereabouts. They do fine. I think it's a case (as so often with GTD) of 'what works for me'. David Allen spends a lot of time away from his office - a pad is probably easier to keep in a brief case than a pile of loose sheets of paper. For me - the other way round is best. but one 'thing' per sheet is good - make it much easier to process. Steve » POSTED IN:
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