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One Letter sheet per inbox item?

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!

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Thanks for your suggestions!

Hey Everyone,

Thanks for sharing your tips! I decided to go with my original thought of quartering a piece of letter paper. About the size of a notecard, but not quite as dense, so I feel a little better about not wasting so much.

I ordered a pocket sized moleskin for when Im on the go, and plan to have a pile of quartered letter paper on my desk.

Now to get through my massive stack in the inbox!

Colin

 
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