The GTD Setup for December 2007 [@Stephen | Productivity in Context]
As the end of the year approaches it is time for the inevitable navel-gazing that productivity Pr0n addicts love. It is, of course, time to update my “Killer GTD Setup” post to reflect 11 months of learning, practicing, working and tweaking. Some things have changed quite a bit, others have stayed the same. So let’s get started!
One thing that has stayed the same is the most important part of my practice - my “home base”, the In-box and Tickler file. I used to have two of them - a Tickler at home and one at work, which I would carry back-and-forth far too much of the time. (Which sort of defeated the purpose of having two!) This is a picture of the In-box, Out-box, and (now defunct) Work Tickler.
Since my wife and I moved to the back woods of Maine in November, some of our routines have had to change a little (a lot!). Since there is no home mail delivery we must go to the Post Office for the incoming mail. And not every day either, because it is 6 miles away.
Going to get the mail has become a task that has to be scheduled. So, obviously the in-box does not have as high a frequency of inputs from the outside world any more!
The Tickler File has become indispensable to me. I just use the one now, at home, and it is where I file those papers and notes that are date-specific but will not physically fit into my calendar (which I refuse to load with notes and extraneous “Stuff”).
One of us will go to the Post Office for the mail, my wife will takes what she needs, and put the rest in the In-box.
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When I get to a point where I can process it, I will do so quickly:
- Tickle the bills for the date of the next Weekly Review,
- Toss the junk,
- Do what may need to get addressed immediately,
- and Defer the rest to an appropriate time (usually Weekly Review day again).
It is a very simple and user-friendly approach.
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