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GTD for homemakers?
evilbrent | Jan 15 2006
What about GTD in the home? My wife looks after 2 kids under 2, studies part time and works nights... it seems to me like she's the perfect candidate for a GTD system, but how do I help her with it? She certainly doesn't have time to read the book or browse life-hacking sites like this one the way that i can... we've got a little white-board and an in tray in the kitchen... what else? 13 Comments
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 I was kind of excited...Submitted by pooks on February 5, 2006 - 5:37pm.
I was kind of excited when I first heard about FlyLady -- but oh my, a couple of visits to the site were all I could take. On the other hand when I got to the "tickle file" chapter of GTD I was delighted. The entire SHE system is pretty much set up like a tickle file, with index cards for every bite-size thing you have to do. The tickle file was like coming home to an old friend. SHE -- Sidetracked Home Executive -- has some apsects in common with GTD. Primarily it's a system for work that allows you to stop stressing over "everything you need to do" and focus on one thing at a time. You set up a system and disperse the cards between days. Some are daily events, some twice a week, weekly, even annual. And then you put it out of your mind -- it's not your problem "today." The other nice stress-releasing aspect of it was if you need to skip doing something or somethings one day, you don't move them to the next day (unless they're daily events) -- you move them to the next time they would regularly be scheduled. Unlike FlyLady, it's not a syrupy book, though it's filled with self-effacing humor. I'd much rather recommend it than FL, for anyone who is interested. It would work very well with GTD, too. » POSTED IN:
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