Just wondering... How many of you guys are familiar with "Gettings Things Done" or "GTD"? Like how do you guys manage to schedule your tasks? How are you able to monitor and update sites especially if you have to take care of several sites? How do manage your personal life? Do you use any time management methodologies at all?
Priorities. While I like working on my site and reading digital point and other sites, with a full time job and a social life (which both have priority) it is a bit difficult. So yes get things done but according to priority.
Chiz, thanks so much for introducing to GTD...that's my biggest weakness in my life, to plan, organize and get thing done.. Thanks dude
LOL! GTD or Getting Things Done is a newer time management approach developed by David Allen. It's byline is "the art of stress-free productivity". It's basic principle is "mind like water". Meaning, we should make our mind free-flowing, shapeless like water, free from worries and stress. And like the water, it's reaction is depending on the outside factor that affected it. For example, if you throw a pebble (small task), it'll make a small ripple and it'll be gone quickly. If you throw a big rock (bigger task), the water would create a splash, will take longer to subside and then be calm again. You're very much welcome, dude. I'll be more than glad to answer your questions regarding GTD and other interested folks as well. Just post it this thread. I suggest you buy the book, "Getting Things Done" by David Allen. You could read an excerpt of book here. I assure you won't regret buying it. I'm an organization freak and I love GTD. It really improved how I do things, how I become more relaxed, etc. GTD has similarities with "First Things First" by Covey but has improved on a lot of aspects of time management. I'd like to stress out that I'm not connected with DavidCo whatsoever. I would just like to share the idea. More info on GTD: GTD: A New Cult for the Info Age GTD summary on Wiki Summaries
I agree. That's why I also discovered DP. I'd like to earn additional income aside from my day job and hopefully if I'd be earning substantial income online, I might quit my job be even more relaxed. I understand everyone's busy, but I suggest you read some of the links I mentioned and give it a try. I didn't know I needed GTD it until I tried. Woah! That was fast! Hope you could post your thoughts once in a while. It would be nice to hear from someone starting from GTD. Enjoy reading!
it hardly matters! you do what you need to do, if done then ok other wise do it later: i should be studing and completing the assignments, should be doing some for my new site, or perhaps adding some contents! but then what has time to do with it, if i feel like then i will do, otherwise i will leave it for later, why to make a time table etc for this. i take life casually and do everything that i want to!! planning is something i really hate!
LOL! I remember an officemate telling me that he doesn't need a PDA because he's disorganized--and he wants to keep it that way! Basically you guys are ok with your current set-up and practice. GTD only improves on what you do right now. When you mentioned that you want to do what you want to do or otherwise have it done later, GTD respects that. GTD introduces a concept of "contexts". Contexts can be time (e.g., morning, lunch, afternoon, after dinner, etc.) or place (e.g., bus/train, phone, office, computer, mall, grocery, etc.). It suggests that tasks should be grouped according to its context. Like how can you buy milk if you're in the office so it should be done later. Say, you have a list on hand, without contexts associated with each task, you'll have to go over each task to determine what you should do next. Sometimes you miss out a task that should have done when you were in the mall. By grouping tasks into its context, you're sure to do all tasks without the risk of missing out on some things. Hence, your mind is freed from worries and stress. You're sure that you have done what you should have done when you're in a particular context. You might ask, so how is priority considered in GTD? Say you have 3 tasks that should be done now because you're in a particular context, say "computer", you determined that you have to email John first and foremost since you need a quote from him badly. Then you determine you should check your emails next. Then once you're finished, you logon to DP and post til you drop. I'm sure a lot will disagree with me since DP is their no.1 priority . Anyway, since you're sure that you have done the tasks that you consider important, you could now do the least important ones or even, procrastinate. Try it for yourself.
Everyday when I get home from class I say to my self 'Ok, what assignments need to get done immediately, what needs to be done in the next few weeks, and what needs to be done in the long term.' And I prioritize my time that way. I never heard of GTD.