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GTD and the creative life...possible?

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?

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I have noticed a similar...

I have noticed a similar problem to this in my academic life. I have tried writing papers early before, but I always seem to keep working on them into the wee hours of the morning right before they are due. Granted, some of that is procrastination, but my paper isn't finished until the deadline, no matter what. Well, unless I have it published. Then, I guess it would be finished. ;)

 
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