When I was using the calenar-based organizers from D-T and then F-C, I used to "journal" on the daily pages so that I could look back through the months and see what went on, and how I'd changed (and hopefully, grown).

Now that I'm embracing the GTD non-calendar based approach, I just wonder, do any of you other GTDers keep a daily journal and how do you integrate it into your system? Or do you incorporate it into your GTD system? Looking to find an elegant "best practice", if there is one?

I am a new mom - my baby Olivia is now 3 months old ... we also just bought a house, and i co-own a business with my mom ... My little girl came three weeks early, so of course my to-do list of things to do around the house cleaning-wise, and renovations we're doing (the list is huge) is a big mess and things never got done!

Id love to know how moms who also work full time or own their own business have their gtds set up? I bought a circa planner but i am unsure if i should keep a separate gtd planner for work; and do you keep sections for household things, etc/ I guess for fun id like to hear some advice/tips!

Any thoughts on how one can use iphone as a capture tool? As a woman, I often do not wear clothes with pockets where I can slip in a 3x5 notepad/cards/shirt pocket briefcase- and I find it cumbersome to fish it out everytime from my purse while on the go. So finally I have devolved down to recording voice memos in my iphone- which I find quickest rather than writing/typing in tasks. But then, with this, every night am spending five to ten mins recording all the voice memos down on my inbox in the paper planner. [Other than as a capture tool, I dont use my iphone/ipad as a planner.] Also, I tried GTD friendly apps which also have voice recording facilities, but with that, I have to press at least two icons on my phone to get to the stage of recording a memo, while with the inherent iphone voice memo app, I can just record at the touch of a single button.

What can I do better? Please also feel free to add what you use as a capture tool, if following GTD or any hybrid system akin to the same. Thanks

Devkanya

I need your advice....

The new year is coming and I'm looking to improve/streamline my planning system

I'm moving away from my traditional paper planner to a "blended" system using my new smartphone (contacts, appointments) and a paper planner. I still have some tasks that must be done on certain days and appointments, which are handled (mostly) on my electronic calendar. some "must do now" issues do come up each day. The two page per day format I've been using is overkill at this point, however, I rely on the daily notes pages to track what I'm up to, document personnel issues, etc. Plus, I like writing, I seem to relate better when I write my notes down versus type them in to the computer.

I'm looking for ideas on how best to keep my daily notes easily accessible but not have multiple calendars. I think I may be suffering from "too-many-choices"-itis.

Thanks in advance.

I tend to rely heavily on custom Open Office spreadsheets, GTD-Free, and 3x5 cards.

I tried using netbooks, but they're too big and slow. 3x5 is cheap, portable, and robust.

GTD-Free is not really perfect - there are still some features to be added, but I think the bugs are mostly gone.

The obnoxious thing is that so far as I can tell, GTD-Free doesn't do projects and groups of projects. Every single project is a non-ordered list of tasks without sub-tasks.

Argh!

The good news is that unlike a 3x5, GTD-Free tasks have unlimited writing space. So I can describe subtasks within tasks.

The downside is that David Allen stresses "checking off" the tasks and I can't get that to work the way that would seem intuitive to me. So I just improvise.

Dear Friends: I understand that David Allen will collaborate with Tony Schwartz, co-author of "The Power of Full Engagement" and "The Way We're Working Isn't Working." They say they will announce some events in the next few months. Has any one read the Schwartz books, and does any one know what his approach is? Can any one suggest what this will be? Cordially, Steve

Hi Everyone~ I am wondering if very many people using the GTD philosophy actually write down everything that comes to mind during the day. Sounds like a great idea but I wonder if people like this really exist. I do it to some extent, and it seems the more I do it, the more in control I feel. Thanks for any and all input.

Hi!
Does anyone know where you can get a free pdf of the new Work Flow Diagram from David Allen ala Getting Things Done? One that is actually readable? I'm stingy and I have already bought the book, the audiobook and various other stuff from davidco......so I now wondered if I could save myself some pennies and get the new map for free anywhere? Cheeky? I know! But you dont get if you dont ask, do you? Any help, advice etc greatly appreciated (apart from the "buy it you stingy monkey" comments!) :-) Thanks in advance x

Hi Does anyone have a Planner Pad 2010 gtd modified template?
thanks

Whatever your politics you might find this funny.

http://www.thebigmoney.com/sites/default/files/GTD.Obama_.TB...

Hope the link goes through this time!
Juie

How extensive is your inbox? I can imagine that some may be desks-ful or larger. What do you use for an inbox?

Hi all

After a bit of advice really. I work in a social/charity context and work with around 20 clients. I have regular meetings with each (calendar, check!), but then have to do work outside of these meetings looking for activities/clubs/opportunities for these people to take part in.

Therefore would you treat each client as a project, and then have tasks associated with them, or have projects under clients, or clients as projects and tasks as sub projects....

Sorry, my own brain is going to explode trying to work this one out, so if anyone (who is not connected to the work) can look at objectively for me, and help me structure it, I'd be very, very grateful!

I'm happy to supply any other information about my setup, but not about my clients, obviously!

Luce

Hi, I have just started implenting the GTD system which I think is great and works well but I have come abit unstuck with the Weekly review.. what I wanted to ask any fellow GTDers was Do you have a checklist for your weeekly review that works for you - I am finding it hard to nail it all in my review (lol sounds bad I know) so what I thought was instead of Overcomplicating things and going into it all too much I should be sticking to a step by step checklist which gets the heart of the review... Can anyone recommend any ideas/templates for me to do this?? Any advice or ideas how pthers do it would be fab as the whole GTD process has been amazing so far and I do not want to slip into not doing a weekly review simply coz I didnt know where to start?? Thanks x

If anyone's got an iPhone or iPod Touch, this might interest you. I received an announcement of a new version of Pocket Informant for these devices. This application can be used for GTD. I haven't used it myself, so I can't vouch for it. Apparently, it's been around for other PDA/smartphones for some time. Here's where you can go for more info.

http://www.pocketinformant.com/products_info.php?p_id=pocket...

I have no connection to the product or company. Just passing it along. :-)

Walter

This might have been mentioned on another thread -- have any of you seen the GTD Coordinator and other gear at Staples?

I didn't have time to look at the products in any great detail. There was a coordinator in a binder that held your calendar and your lists and such. They also had the notetaker wallet, a calendar by itself, and some other things.

It was reminiscent of some of the FC stuff, in that there were instructions included.

Dear All,
Just want to share with you guys a GTD template I created for 4x6 index cards. I also created a leather cover for very flexible use.
The leather cover: http://moleskine.vox.com/library/post/minddepositor-by-scrip...
The GTD 4x6 index card template: http://moleskine.vox.com/library/post/minddepositor-index-ca...

I'm trying to get back into using the system after a long thoroughly unproductive break and I've got some questions.

1. What do you do with things like possible future purchases? I want to keep a list of movies I might want to buy and I have lists of stuff I want to buy for my apartment at some point. None of these things need action immediately and I'm not really sure where to put them.

2. How do you name projects? Do you keep them in big general categories? If so, how do you keep the different projects in those categories straight?

Thanks for the help!

Hi everybody!

I'm enjoying GTD and implementing it in my new job as a security IT worker. However, this situation just came up and seems to be occurring more and more.

Projects start up in the IS department. No one really thinks about me until they require additional access or some consulting work. At that point, I start up a folder for the project. I complete my consulting or tasks on the project. We have some kind of meeting where I explain what I did. At the end of the meeting (as I always do), I ask "So what actions am I taking away from this meeting?" and they say "None. We're done with you for now." Yay.

After this, I *used to* then close out my "project" - mark it done and file away the folder. Of course, the project is still going on in the background, but at least I have nothing to do with it.

Until one or two weeks later when they require some more work done. Often, I need the reference papers I had before on the project, which means I reincarnate the folder or start a new one and move the papers back over. The same project pops up, over and over again, like whack-a-mole. I feel like I shouldn't put projects away if they're still going on somewhere.

What do you do in these cases? I'm wondering if I should mark "waiting for" something and leave the project open, but I'm not really waiting for anything in particular. Or maybe I should mark the project done and open a new project each time they give me work? It just seems wrong to have to dig my project out of the graveyard every time they need me.

Any ideas? What do you do with these "idle times" when they come up?

Hi folks!
I use Thinking Rock software for my next actions, a small notebook to record my thoughts, and a paper calendar for my appointments (because I'm not usually near my computer when someone invites me to something).

I find that my projects generally fall into 2 categories:
1. Daily-life projects (for example, paint the living room, or make enhancements to a database at work).
2. Goals that may take years (save money so I can buy my next car with cash, or get my black belt in karate).

Particularly with the financial goals, I find my next actions on the nebulous goals sometimes need to be held off. It's not "delegated" to someone, it's just something that I can't do yet.

For example, I want to put $500 into my new-car savings account - but I can't really list that as a next action, because I don't have $500 right now. When I save my $500, I will put it into the account. It's not something that can be delegated. It's not something that can be "tickled" later. It's just something I want to keep in the back of my head.

As for karate, I am pretty close to finishing that project - but I can't go for my black belt test until 1) I save up the money and 2) my instructor decides I am ready. What next actions would you use for this kind of situation?

How do you deal with this stuff? Should I be breaking my next-actions into something smaller? Can you even use GTD to organize your finances?

If you were going to GTD-ize saving for a car or a home, how would you do it?

I love GTD but when I start getting into my dreams (or 10,000 miles above ground level as he would call it), it starts breaking down for me.

tudumo

I wasn't even looking for this - just liked the name when I saw the ad on the Zen Habits website.

I plan on checking it out for the free trial period - it looks pretty flexible and intuitive.

I shall report back!

t.

[05/MAY/08 by innowen: Fixed link so it directs to a website. ]

I was traipsing about on the internet tonight, trying to find a planner I am certain I had seen when I googled "GTD Planners" but no longer finding it.

Anyway, I found this article by Antony Johnston instead.

I had several epiphanic moments while reading, so took the unusual (for me) step of actually printing this out in addtion to tagging for del.icio.us.

Enjoy!

Haa! Just found out that Getting Things done has been translated into Finnish. Ordered one copy immediately...

Although I suspect that I may be hopeless in applying any consistent system even with the best advice. :-/

I just got this email - an update from David Allen. The new At-A-Glance product sounds intriguing... I removed all of the links, but his web site is davidco dot com...
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I'm delighted to have another edition of my Productivity Principles to share with you, along with an apology to those of you who thought we had dropped you off the list, because you haven't seen one for a while! Our work has expanded so significantly in the last eighteen months, with some major seeds we planted all sprouting at the same time, so I've had to make some of those tough decisions about where I put my own focus, and producing frequent original essays like this just didn't make the cut. Lots of great new things are happening for me, GTD, and our company, though, which will be of benefit to everyone. So if you're getting this, don't worry -- you haven't missed any!

My book Getting Things Done continues to spread around the world -- now in twenty-eight languages with more than a million copies in print.

We've entered into partnership with Mead/Westvaco, and the GTD/At-A-Glance line of paper-based products, including a notebook planner of our design, will launch in a major office supply chain in the fall.

Our GTD Connect membership support program is in full swing, including a totally redesigned website, a new GTD-Q assessment tool, and a Getting Started series of audio and video modules.

Another website worth checking out is GTD Times.

We have a new three-CD audio program about the Weekly Review and two packaged volumes of my In Conversation interviews from our Connect library, now available to the public. And lots more is in the works.

I must acknowledge two independent researchers in Belgium, Francis Heylighen and Clement Vidal, who recently published a significant report on the scientific and psychological bases for the effectiveness of the GTD method. Some of their conclusions were the inspiration for my Food for Thought essay below. Their research paper is available in PDF format on the Web. It's heady stuff, but worth the read.

Still here, and hoping this finds you well...

- David Allen

I’ve been plunging along for a few weeks doing the brainstorming and so on and first grouped into six main @Categories. But the Category areas as in “where” don’t make much sense for me as everything is pretty much @home anyway. So I resorted and now have just 25 main Projects. Each has a Goal and set of Actions, well, most do ... and some have sub projects with sub goals and sub sets of actions. Naturally, they are all scandalously overdue.

So, now what? Do I just paste the whole thing into my planner? Do I have a page for each Project? The actions don’t make any sense without being linked to the Projects. This is all on a mindmap. I was using Freemind but changed to Xmind as found it much more flexible, love the drill up and drill down, and can so easily create my own colour sets. Since all the information is already set out, how do you manage daily or weekly next actions? I’m wondering if just scribbling in what I am doing as I go along is good enough (will be using my new levenger letter size) then doing the review and tidy up in the mind map once a week is enough?
Thx

The pic is too small to read, nothing interesting anyway, but you can kind of see on the left the Project map, and on the right, the drill-down layout of an individual Project with the goal in yellow and actions in green.

I am re-reading GTD, and the one thing that intrigued me, but that I never put to use, was the idea of the tickler file. In theory, I see why this is a good idea, but I am on the fence about whether or not I'd actually have the discipline to keep up with this system. I don't have much affinity for file folders, so I am afraid I won't use the system because it's not as fun and pleasurable as say, my circa items.

Just wondering how people here have utilized this tickler system idea and if you've come up with a better way to organize it besides using the dreaded 43 folders. The whole idea of having to check a folder every day and just seems distasteful to me, and visually messy. But I see how this could be immensely useful for things like bills, event reminders, etc.

a friend lent me I think 6 cd set of David Allen, I think he is reading every word from his book; it is very slow moving with meat every 15 minutes or so, then long stretches of dryness.

Someone here mentoned an abridged version?

Do you think that would be more of the moment and focused?

thank you in advance; i think d. allen's stuff is rather amazing for a person like me who has a hard time just keeping my shoes tied. lol

archangel

are they useful? They are a lot of money. Has anyone ever been? What would be your bests and other thoughts about it?

Thanks if you can help

archangel

can anyone tell me if its useful? I am the soul of a jillion post-its notes that have one idea per note.... how many years worth? How long have post-its been made? lol

So, returning to analog is really helpful after all these years of trying to go paperless for various heavenly and devilish bad reasons.

I mean, the input time in iGTD would be substantial, no? So is the payout or organizing and shifting things about... worth that input time? That's one of the things I guess I am asking

thanks for any thoughts you may have

archangel

Here's an interesting blog article for those struggling with GTD. I thought it was pretty good. ;-)

LINK

-Jon

Hi folks!

Just joined up today--glad to be here!

I am currently test-driving Circusponies' NoteBook, and would like to be able to print it to my classic size Covey, or better yet, to somehow use a template or create one so that I can print out my Next Actions list, punch holes in them and place them in my 5.5" x 8.5" binder.

I also want to print from iCal without having to purchase iPlanner.

So far the best thing I've been able to do is print at 60% of the actual size, with a 2" margin.

Anyone have any tips? Tricks? advice? I'd be grateful.

Thank you!

Sandra

How do you recommend sorting NAs into contexts when using a paper based system? I find a digital GTD system doesn't fit my lifestyle, but it's so much easier to sort NAs into context when you can just tag it with the context.

In light of Doug's sort-of recent articles on the Newton, and spate of purchases of said devices by several frequenters of this board, I thought the following link might be of interest to some. It's an article by a member of the Newtontalk email list, on how he implemented GTD on his Newton. It makes for an interesting read. Have at it. :-)

LINK

-Jon

I'm wondering exactly how other GTD-ers set these up. So far, the medium for my next-action lists is still eluding me. (I have something, but it isn't "right" yet, if you know what I mean.)

So...if you use paper, what size, and how many contexts to a page? How many total contexts do you have? Does this include your other lists (someday/maybe, projects, waiting)? Do you use front and back, or front only? How often do you replace these pages? Are they bound? How?

If you use a digital format, what software do you use? Laptop or PDA? Any other details that might help clarify?

At the moment, I'm trying to find something that will a) fit into my planner, b) leave pages easily replaceable, and c) be bound so I can flip through without dropping anything. I have 10 contexts, plus 2 project lists (I keep "mini" projects separate from "real" projects.) and my waiting and someday/maybe lists, and some of these lists are filled up and completed so frequently that the pages just need to be tossed and replaced. I thought that getting a "look" at how others are doing this might give me some ideas.

I'm on my second round of setting up GTD. I'm trying to stick to it pretty closely this time but I'm having a few problems with setting up my circa with the appropriate sections. According to my understanding, the only thing in the project/goals tab is a list of active project. Am I missing something? How do you all set up your planner sections?

I recently found myself very unfocused and distracted at work and decided that taking another crack at GTD may help out. Having a list of Next Actions instead of a pile of random project notes would really help out my productivity. I decided to start out with David's recommendation of how to set up your paper planner.

The sections he recommends: Notes/Inbox, Calendar, Action List, Projects/Goals, Agendas, Project Planning, Reference/Misc, and Address Book.

Two questions: where in this setup would I put someday/maybe lists like books I want to read and later notes on the books I've read? These things don't seem to fit anywhere unless they are associated with a project. Also, what is the difference between the Projects/Goals section and the Project Planning section?

I'd ask this question on the GTD forums, but I'm already on too many forums!

-Kenny

How do you all keep track of your recurring tasks? For example (I'm a homemaker, so most of my recurring tasks are housework), I need to do laundry every week. It seems silly to write it down over and over on a Next-Action list just to keep crossing it off and rewriting it. Since this is something that needs to be done at a particular time of the week and, if I miss it, basically just skipped until the next time, would this go on the calendar? I'm loving this system, just in the couple of days I've been working with it (and having not even really thoroughly set it up yet - that takes time that will be hard to find with a preschooler and a newborn!), but this detail is one I haven't managed to sort out.

What is the best (read: most reasonably priced) place to get this book? I heard it recommended elsewhere and added it to my "eventual" wish list, then came across this site and started reading and now I'm convinced I need to read it. :) (Can't even check it out from the library first; they don't have it. :( )

I have been practicing Getting Things Done methodology for over a year, with some success. Looking back at the experience, I now feel more confident that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm more confident of handling multiple projects.

However, I haven't picked up GTD as quick as I expected. After a year, I still feel that I have only scratched the surface. So I read the book again after more than year since the first time I read it. In this post, I have presented a criticism of my implementation.

Collection buckets

A collection bucket serves as the entry point, in a physical form. I can keep documents that need to be archived, magazines, receipts and even physical reminder notes in the collection. I do not have a collection bucket. The absence of a collection bucket is forcing me to making an entry into the next actions or project list hastily. One obvious solution is to have a physical tray at home and also keep a blank paper in my HPDA. Once I start using the collection bucket, I need to ensure that it is emptied regularly. Too much stuff in it is a sign of its ineffectivenesses.

Delegation

When I identify an action item, I'm not consider delegation as an option. As per GTD, I need to ask myself "Am I the right person?". The result of avoiding is that I start doing others task, start assuming that they are not working, and start promoting inefficiency. I'm more than eager to add an entry to my next action list. I also never consider delegating it "upstream" i.e. to my managers.

After I delegate a task to someone, I follow the methodology and add an entry in the waiting for list. This gives me a reference to know that I'm waiting for person to complete an action.

Someday Lists

I was having the someday list as a dumping ground for projects I wanted to complete, but knew I will never have the motivation to complete it. Two examples: joining an open source project and learning Chinese. I used to mix some achievable projects like reading a book, watching a movie within the someday list. If possible the someday list should be categorized. For example I would prefer having the lists: To Read, movies (maintained in Netflix), weekend get aways, interesting topics and people to watch. In fact this is applicable for all the lists that we maintain - break it whenever applicable.

Minimum Lists required

Any decent GTD system should have the following lists: Project List, Project Plan, Calendar, Next Actions, Waiting For and Inbox. All these lists needn't be present in a single physical/digital location. I maintain my office project list in my collaboration tool like Lotus Notes and my next actions in my HPDA.

Weekly Review

An important success factor for GTD is the weekly review process. It ensures that the all "open loops" are reviewed and there are entries in the system to complete it.

The review will ensure that all projects have next action defined. After the completing the only action for a project, I may forget to add the subsequent action for the action; thereby leaving the project without any action item.

The someday list can become irrelevant quicker than others if unattended. The weekly review should include a feasibility study of all the entries in the someday list to convert the entries into a project. But I'm not sure if it is advisable to keep some projects in some day list and add entires into next actions.

It would help if a checklist can be prepared for the weekly review. Coupled with a scheduled time in the week end, the checklist will the confidence that the review has met its objectives.

Project Clarification

When I identify a new project, I make an entry in my project list and enter a few actions into my actions list. When I read the book for the second time, I realized that brainstorming and clarify the project is very important. In the rush to complete the project I do not spend enough time to clarify the end result and the steps to achieve the objective. It is also important to capture all our thoughts on a project in the project. Most of the times the notes may seem trivial, but I believe it is worth the effort to maintain consistency and developing a trust in our system.

Personal Mission Statement

Okay, this is not mentioned in GTD. But I personally find a strong coherence between Steven Covey and David Allen's methodologies. Without getting into specifics, I find the personal mission statement as the main bridge linking the two famous productivity systems.
If I have a personal mission statement, it is very easy for me to make difficult decisions.

I was on the Rhodia Drive site recently when I came across a very cool way to do GTD. It's called GTD+R (Rhodia notepads) and is designed by Japanese software engineer Kenji Ohta. You can check it out at his site:

http://gtd-r.blogspot.com/

The site is a how-to of the system and includes downloadable templates in PDF format. The templates are designed for A4 paper and really should be printed on that size. I tried to condense the charts and pockets to standard letter size and it was a bit small. A quick trip to Office Depot for a ream of legal paper got me rolling as I guillotined it to A4 size.

Check it out and tell me what you think. I like the system and have been using Rhodia notepads for a while now since they are a bit cheaper than Moleskines.

The Rhodia Drive site address is:

http://rhodiadrive.com/

Scott

[edited 18apr07 by sara: linkified]

I was reading the excellent "Rhodia Drive" blog this week and came across a very cool way to do GTD. A Japanese software engineer by the name of Kenji Ohta has designed a modified GTD system using Rhodia notepads and some templates he has designed and put on his site. You can check it out for yourself by visiting this link:

http://gtd-r.blogspot.com/

The blog is a site specific to GTD + R (Rhodia) and has complete instructions and videos to help you with Ohta's system. The templates are designed for A4 paper and really should be printed on them. I tried at first to shrink them slightly to U.S. Letter standards and the pockets (you'll see them on the site) were too compressed to hold the notes from your inbox. I had to make a quick trip to office depot for a ream of legal size paper and guillotine slice it to A4 standard. Once I did that, everything fit nicely.

I love Rhodia pads anyway and have been using them for a while since they are bit less costly than Moleskines. I stopped into the stationer in Boulder, Colorado today and picked up a ten pack of No. 11 Rhodia pads which are the perfect size for Ohta's system. Check it out and tell me what you think.

BTW..The Rhodia Drive site's address is:

http://rhodiadrive.com/

Scott

I finally made it through the last 30 pages of GTD after rereading the "body" of the book several times. I happened to already be 150+ pages into FTF as I had time to kill 3 weeks ago and no other books.

Last night I started doing some of the first exercises in FTF to give it a whirl. I was caught in a boring meeting this morning and was able to plot out my Roles, several Goals for each, and a mapping for each Goal to the four quadrants. When I was looking at the Goals I started to consider them to be predecessors (if you think of a process flow) to GTD's Projects, and then Next Actions for what I need to do (my goals all having things I can do to act on them).

So, has anyone previously written about that on this forum or other places before? Are there any templates anyone has used for FTF or combining FTF with GTD?

What I'd really LOVE, is an online tool or an Excel macro (or series of spreadsheets) that would produce a good looking set of printouts that would show the flow from my Roles to Goals to Projects, and then the Next Actions (etc) for these Projects.

Lame idea? Brilliant? Someone has done it before? Suggestions on how to make it happen?

I accidently found an interesting video by accident on YouTube tonight, which led me to discover the following:
LINK

Which is an interesting take on GTD, turning it into a sort of game, using something called "Rhodia" cards (Japan-only?) He has all sorts of templates, including holders for these cards that are color coded for today, week, month, someday, and Hold, and a game board, and other things, including templates that look sort of PocketMod-ish. In fact, he also has a web page here:
LINK (warning: all in Japanese)

There are pictures of all the items there, but he has templates, including a nice "Ideas" template, and even a mobile phone holder and cube calendar! Nifty stuff to play with!

Sorry, Sara, but I am a total ignoramous when it comes to delicious, or however it's written, and feel too old to try learning it. Maybe someone else can put these up on the DIYPlanner stuff there?

-Jon

I struggle with the desire to keep up with the news and various industry articles and reviews, I came across this link on how to read the news the "GTD way" that I found interesting.

LINK

I'm slow to RSS feeds and del.icio.us so I'm trying to use these kinds of tools in an intelligent way (I still don't "get" them, and it makes me feel OLD).

[edited 4Apr07 by Sara: Linkified]

I was perusing del.icio.us and caught a page with 30+ Tools and Hints for Gmail (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gmail-craze-30-tools-to-make-yo...)

and caught the following:

"GTDInbox (http://gtdgmail.com/) - turns your account into flexible and feature-loaded ToDo-management service (GTD = Getting Things Done)"

I've read other posts and other fora with info on this, but just wondering if anyone has actually used this? I was considering creating a special test Gmail account to give this a whirl, not wanting to mess with my current account.

OK, I have these wonderful Project Pages from my DIY Templates, but can someone tell me the ways that they are used for real life project management? I am particularly interested to hear ways that people have found to manage IT projects, because I'm a computer geek, have worked in IT for 18 years, and I want to know the best, most effective ways I can use my planner to track multiple projects, and keep meeting notes, action items, coherent and memorable, and IN ORDER.

Thank you very much

I installed the GTD for Outlook Trial here at work (LINK)

I like it but it is only the trial... One day I'll be sad to see that I can't use it any longer :o( It's not in the business's budgets ...and I'm the only one here that uses it.

I was wondering if anyone has any Online or Offline add-ons or tools that would help me out here at work. I don't want to use my home system here. Work stays at work. And unlike at home, I'm in front of the computer most of the day.

Thanks :o)

(ps... is GMAIL as great as all the hype?)

I'm wondering how the project card should be developed.

I list my projects on the 'master list'.

Then I create a card for each specific project.

Should I break down each step needed to complete the project on that card in the beginning? Or is a gradual process from the ground floor up as I progress through my Next Actions?

Also, what should happen if I miss a step... I remember reading that the planning process and brainstorming should eliminate this possibility but... I am only human :)

Any insight into the questions above or the Project process in general would be greatly appreciated.

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I have been working on using GTD and was interested in using the reference page from DIY. Issue: When I print the page it never fits. Setup: Page setup is 5.5 x 8.5 (same as the original) , there is no centering , expand, enlarge options selected.
The page adds its own top margin pushing the everything down about two or three inches, and everything runs off to the left side of the page. I did find some generic things, but like the graphics from the template.
Any help would be appreciated.
Andre

Hey, I just saw this article on CNN.com about David Allen and GTD. I have to admit that I haven't read GTD yet, but after reading this article and everything y'all have posted about GTD on this site, I'm going to go pick up a copy!

Laura