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Search results for query: desk

  1. G

    Examples of GTD in real-world practice

    @Mrs-Polifax "does provide the solid surface" . . . metaphor for GTD? With all due respect, how is anything subjectively powerful enough to distract be deemed trivial? Thank you very much for your professionally objective GTD 'case study' with GTD framework engagement thinking One can...
  2. Mrs-Polifax

    Examples of GTD in real-world practice

    ...ago, I noticed that it had snuck into my awareness that I am feeling uncomfortable. Oh, now that I think about it, I notice that it is about my desk. I do not have enough space with this small desk. I have nowhere to put all the things I need to have on my desk, or nearby, and my desk is...
  3. mcogilvie

    Capturing and working memory

    ...Second, practice setting a mental trigger for capturing later if you can’t do it right away. For example, say to yourself “When I’m back at my desk, I’ll capture this new idea about the XYZ project.” Setting intention this way will help in several ways. Finally, make sure to move items...
  4. G

    "Is it actionable?" II

    "Ultimately, you're deciding whether or not to send the item to your "actionable"/"active" GTD lists" Like Trash, Inaction to Archive/Reference, Someday/Maybe, Tickler, etc. are also Next Action(s) places when Organizing from Inboxes for current GTD detachment space for future Review and...
  5. mcogilvie

    "Is it actionable?" II

    I think that a good part of your post is addressed to me, so I will address that latter part as one long reply. In brief, to be actionable in this sense is not so abstract. I don’t think you can act on something unless you have some idea what form that action might take. You say my approach is...
  6. Michael Ramone

    "Is it actionable?" II

    ...I notice in the old podcast David Allen did with Dean Acheson, Acheson describes a coaching experience involving an executive whose in-desk pencil tray kept annoyingly sliding out of place every time he opened or closed the drawer. Acheson asked him, "Is there a next action with that?"—at...
  7. M

    Please send tips to GTD while caring for a baby

    ...review easier, but it makes so much sense now you’ve said it. I think one of the blockers has been that I’m never physically in my office space anymore (which I associated with the weekly review as that is where I always did it), so maybe I need to move the desk to where I am! Thank you.
  8. fooddude

    Managing next actions and projects in Apple reminders

    I'm confused are your contexts this or this ? And I've never understood Personal and Work. I thought GTD was to integrate one life into one system. In other words I have all projects on one list with the next action in context. Don't contexts of work and home adjust that so there are no...
  9. MichaelB215

    Managing next actions and projects in Apple reminders

    ...solution for me given these learnings. I still use Apple Reminders for actual reminders (such as to pick up a package from my building's front desk when returning home), and non-actionable shopping lists and someday/maybes (trips to take, restaurants to try, movies to watch...), but Things is...
  10. chrisstribbs

    Confusion

    My fault for writing whilst depressed I see
  11. M

    Confusion

    ...And to be clear, you don't write down every next action. Next actions are not a log of what you did. So if I were to write: move box off desk, for the project: clear out office. And I then keep going. I don't stop and write anything down. Once I decide I am done enough, I then write then next...
  12. TimBourne

    looking for a 10£ Journal (for best quality) [being a person officially diagnosed with ADHD or autism]

    it came to mind - that maybe @gtd solo-studente also missed this 'post reply' above - (in his notifications?) if he didn't directly reply to it? or "I was maybe - surprised that another specific user hadn't replied to this narrating " after i then (wrote the above quote post" about the...
  13. TimBourne

    looking for a 10£ Journal (for best quality) [being a person officially diagnosed with ADHD or autism]

    ...such as also ' @edward @Dave Edwards and the first user mark - I could picture the first type of 2 different style note books I obtained on my desk * please see My 2 new note books (for X-mas) one on the right was from user @Mark R...
  14. mrty3

    How to prioritize contexts when multiple are “available”

    ...point and have been wondering the same thing regarding what context is most important when several are available. I currently have: Anywhere Desk Phone If I am at my desk, I have access to all three contexts. I have tried to keep the Desk context for actions that require the full use of...
  15. schmeggahead

    Thoughts about keeping working modes separate

    There was a quote in the weekly review reminder email years ago that describes the weekly review that I put on a post it and attached it to my weekly review card: "A real meeting with a real assistant where I delegate everything to my assistant. I am very clear what they need to do with specific...
  16. A

    Thoughts about keeping working modes separate

    ...I had a task: "Check with senior leader Sarah about the XX matter." The senior leader was often out of their office, which was far from my desk, and I felt anxious about the conversation. My breakthrough was realizing that delaying the task wouldn't reduce this cost. So, I began to...
  17. TimBourne

    'my new rules' for habit of a daily 6 point list. version 1

    'test
  18. D

    A Few Concerns

    I admit I've dropped most of my contexts because my job is so deadline-driven I rarely can lump tasks together anyway. 90% or more are done at my desk so at that point, taking the time to define them became unnecessary extra work. But I have seen (and done it myself, back in the day) bullet...
  19. D

    The Truth About GTD Software Tools

    ...decisions on what to work on next. And it tells you to call John Smith to get input for a project. What number do you call? His cell phone? His desk phone? Is he in a meeting? If he is, then it's clearly not the best next action for you to tackle as he's unavailable. But in order to know...
  20. A

    What Is The Most Annoying Thing In Your Current Setup And How Do You Deal With It?

    My desk wobbles like crazy. Fixed it with rubber pads and a coaster wedge. Cheap and ugly, but it works.
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