To use GTD effectively, and reap the rewards, you have to just practice it. I'll come out and say, there's no magic shortcut. That said, I'm sure many readers are wondering just how anybody makes all of this work.
And then one day it becomes truly habitual, something that is just part of the way you do things. It takes dedication, a clear sense of why you're doing it, and a commitment to do the simple things consistently. But forming new habits can be hard - GTD isn't effortless. What I have tried to emphasize throughout this series is that despite appearances, GTD is not complicated. But you can always use less, or simpler tools. Last time we discussed a basic "stack" of software tools that powerful but fairly simple to use. If you do this consistently, you will be in a much healthier position with respect to your work, and you'll probably find you get more done and stress out about it less.Ī fifth "habit" is the use of a simple trusted system to organize all the stuff that you have collected, processed, and planned out. Use whatever tools you want - analog or digital, simple or complex. Just take time, like the next 60 days, to consistently practice these habits and get them ingrained into your daily life. If you wanted an absolutely minimal GTD system, you could stop right here.
GTD is a framework for organizing the things we have to do in our lives and for thinking about those things, in order to make the best decisions possible about what we should be doing at any point in time.Here's what we've learned about GTD so far: You can find the first seven posts here: Setting the Stage, Engaging the System, Acquiring the Habits, Collect, Process, Planning, Doing, and Simple Trusted System. This is part 9 of an ongoing Tuesday Sanity Check series on Getting Things Done (GTD) for Academics.
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