I love GTD. I fall off the wagon all the time, but I do love the promise, and it’s a great framework to go back to. Since I make my living connecting with people in social media, and helping them connect, and since I’m still doing “project work” as I launch my businesses…I figured I’d show you what I’ve implimented as a practice to get started.
One of the things that went wrong was the book I wrote. I abandoned it because, well, I have acute IRS problems, and I can’t bonzai something to perfection when I need money now. The thing is, I do and did have the time to get stuff done with regard to FT. But I didn’t get things done because, largely, t wasn’t in front of me.
So I decided to fix that a couple of days ago. I made some firefox tabs after my wife and I improved communication by sharing a Gdoc ToDo List (I know, I know, Remarkablogger is cringing as we speak). But, I needed to do some easy things on an iterated basis. And since I switched to FireFox 3.5.1b, Morning Coffee (a good plugin) ceased to work. So, I made tabs:
Chase- I check my bank balance every day, mostly to make sure I have not been levvied recently by the IRS.
Analytics- I’m just keeping an eye on stuff, and as my coffee brews, looking at numbers helps.
Twuffer: I have underused Twitter. Twuffer help me keep current. I do a mix of broacsast + connections, and it’s working.
GenuineChris – So I remember to post.
F#@% Therapy: So I remember to post.
Guerrilla.ME Again, so I remember.
LinkedIN: Answer whatever questions are in my wheelhouse, and look around for people to connect with. I’ve been on LinkedIn for 2ish years, and have underused the site. So it’s time to get after it.
Facebook: Kinda the same deal. FB is more about broadcasting than any of the other sites I deal with, but yano, I need to pay more focused attention to my groups etc.
YouTube: I’ve not used this NEARLY as well as I can, and I need to make sure I’m actually making a video once or twice a day.
Then it’s my MDAs- Minimum Daily Actions,
My @todos and @projects
My family budget/expenses.
And finally, my Greader. I don’t keep up with feeds like I used to, which isn’t a bad thing. I’m using reader now for alerts that I need to pounce on.
This gives me enough to do without being bored or distracted, and it is reasonably portable. If you’re on the web, almost all browsers have home tabs these days that you can set, and this is a handy way of getting done. Remember: GTD is mostly a collection of kludges and tricks that’s design is to make you better, faster, smarter.
[Time spent on blog post: 9 minutes]
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