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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 always keep a list...Submitted by kenzi on April 14, 2006 - 7:27pm.
I always keep a list throughout the year of things that I see that I think would make a good gift for a certain person; I can see this working with GTD, maybe with the tickler file. I could put these items in the November file (notes to myself, a printout from a website, a book or CD review etc.) and then when that month rolls around start actually buying those things for people. I could also do that for birthdays, just pop the note in the file for the month before the person's birthday. Hopefully my husband will continue his disdain for organization and won't venture into that file to find out what he will be getting. » POSTED IN:
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