GTD Commitment #2 I has a bucket.

One tennant of GTD is the weekly review.

Basically–you put everything out of your mind and onto a device of either high tech (voice recorders) or low tech (jotter) design. You then have one inbox, and process everything in order that you get to it. You do stuff that takes less than 2 minutes, you drop/delete what you can, you delegate what’s not yours, and you defer the longer-than-two minute stuff that you need to do–just not right now.

So, for list number 2/2, I’m going to give you my buckets….all of this stuff gets processed at least once a week, most of it more often.

1. Google Notebook: Being able to hit ALT + N to get to my notebook has been the single biggest reason that I switched to Firefox. I have: Stuff to buy, Books to read, ops manual, chris todo, someday/maybe blog/webcast home…stuff for mike (shared, naturally), message log (to record messages I get), music & mobird to get (when someone plays a cool song)
2. A little notebook. Staples sells em 4.5 by 3.25. (not on catelog at staples, oddly). Carry it with you at all times–even in the shower.
3. A bigger notebook. I carry a big old “man purse” with me everywhere I go. This has more of my “stuff” in it, and more of the things I am “to do” in it.
4. A (too) cheap voice recorder: compared to the current one
5. jott.com/email: I use google to put stuff on my todo list; it’s a filter that I can use to make this work.
6. Single sheets of paper- I have them throughout my office, I stuck notes on them for stuff to do.
7. ACT! to dos. (This is the worst system I have; I ignore way too much of this).

This is where I put stuff right now–then I do a sunday sweeep–every sunday night from 7p-10p, and I blast through what I can do.  I think that I need to make my review–as the Author suggested on Friday, AND on sunday, so I’m mentally ready.

I’ll tell you this:  I don’t have nearly as much stress.

Now, I’m not yet fully immersed in GTD. I’m about 40% of the way there–yet it has already probably created a 3 fold increase in the work that I do. I think that when fully implemented, I’ll see a (literally) 10 fold increase in the work that I’m capbable of getting done. I am reclaiming a lot of my turf via GTD and I am eager to see what more I can do.

Scott Ginsberg re -awakened my precociousness, the sense of expanding possibility that was once intrinsic. Was a huge kick in the ass about 4 months ago. GTD reawakened my command over my environment–the notion that I’m the captain of everything.

Probably the two most important finds this year.

List mania continues tomorrow!