Entries from April 2007

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

GTD "Today folder or list"

I found an interesting un-GTD GTD recommendation on an IT management website (via the great ultimate gtd index). The article is titled “Getting Things Done in 60 seconds” and the author teaches a few (60 seconds worth) of GTD fundamentals and if you like them you have to promise to buy the book and delve [...]

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Are all open loops really created equal?

I’m going to put my question-GTD hat on again.
One premise of GTD is that as far as your mind goes, all open loops are created equal. That is, no matter the time, place, or importance, your mind will focus on an open loop as though it is important, and this is the time and [...]

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Grad School and Fitness - Finding the Time to Stay Healthy

Ah grad school. A time for us to transform from immature undergrads to knowledgeable adults. Unfortunately many of us are undergoing another transformation as well. Yes, I’m talking about our bodies. The hours, days, weeks, and years of sitting in chairs and staring at screens, papers, dials and knobs can take a toll when not [...]

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Priorities and Getting Things Done

The overemphasis in the GTD world of priorities being last place in the four-fold criteria for doing is, in my opinion, not going to help you get important things done. Merlin over on 43folders wrote a bit about why priorities are last place, and as sacrilegious as this may sound in the GTD world, I [...]