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GTD and the creative life...possible?
kenzi | Mar 28 2006
Just getting started with GTD and what has me most excited is the possibility to get to my creative projects finally. I run my own business, plus have a full-time job to pay the bills. In addition to that I am spilling over with creative ideas for things I want to do, make, paint, etc. My schedule doens't really allow me the time to realize many of these projects, and they often get forgotten, or I forget to do the little steps that will help me realize them eventually, or when I do have free time I can't remember what projects I wanted to do. I am hoping that GTD, correctly applied, will help me keep track of all this, and hopefully organize my bill-paying lives so that I have time for the creative. Are there any artists or creative types (even wannabes) either full or part time who use GTD to help them toward their creative goals? What works for you in the system? Do you have to tweak it to make it fit the creative stuff, or can you just plug it all in together? 13 Comments
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 I think that artistic creations...Submitted by Chrome47 on March 31, 2006 - 8:27am.
I think that artistic creations are a little bit in that fuzzy category between a concrete widget and more abstract knowledge work. Of course, art can run the gamut from concrete to abstract. Sculpture is about as concrete as it gets, especially when made from stone. On the other hand, poetry is incredibly abstract. In the end, there is definitely a deliverable, whether that final product is delivered to a client/editor/gallery/yourself. Back to GTD, though, I think it all comes down to thinking of your context(s), and what you can do within that given situation, and maintaining a list of projects and what it will take to move said project to the next stage of completion. (Even if, like the proverbial artist, a painting isn't finished until it's sold!) » POSTED IN:
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