Comments on: Doing GTD Without Doing GTD

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:31:48 +0000

I practice GTD and love it, but enjoy reading "meta-productivity", principles and practices that apply to any productivity system. Another universal tenet I would add is the dreaded Weekly Review.

By definition, a system cannot be "trusted" if it's not reviewed and maintained, so another GTD practice essential to productivity would be some form of the Weekly Review.

GTD lives or dies around the Weekly Review, yet it's one of the major reasons that people scrap GTD. A THOROUGH review surfaces leaks in one's day-to-day productivity system--be it GTD or not--and, ultimately, is how that system gets CUSTOMIZED to the individual.

By: Teri Pittman

Teri Pittman — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I do keep two separate systems. Work is a simple index card tickler file. I seldom have anything I need to track, but I file whatever it is under the right date. Home stuff is in Jpilot and my Palm. I’ve gone to pretty much plain vanilla there. And I put stuff on my calendar that is a reminder that doesn’t need to be done on that day. I keep the habits up, in case I’m ever in a job where I need them again. If I can manage to ditch the job someday and work for myself, I may not even need that much.

By: Craig Childs

Craig Childs — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

getting into GTD can be fun, but it's not always productive, hey. i must be in the same boat, the 'system' isn't needed for me, but i enjoy using the GTD principles to get things done. capturing and organizing next actions are great habits. i've been keeping everything very lofi and portable. i enjoy the web apps but nothing beats a pen and paper for me. put everything in gmail and i can search for it later and tag it if needed.

you gotta decide whether you need a system, particularly something involved, and just get down to doing things. nice post. stay creative!