Best GTD "Control Panel / Dashboard"

[gtd solo-studente]

Wondering what GTDers have found what "Control Panel / Dashboard" is the best tool for decreasing numbness~overwhelm~repulsion ?

As in other words Outcome:
A "Control Panel / 'Dashboard'" that shows as much Listing as necessary while facilitating as much immediate access to as much detail as possible while keeping the overall Lists "Control Panel / 'Dashboard'" as attractive as possible ?

Thank you very much

As one sees how GTD fits best. . . .

 

[mcogilvie]

This seems to me to be very personal and app-dependent. For me, it’s also time dependent: how I want to see things in a daily dashboard changes depends on where my projects are. Some weeks and moths are intensely focused on a few projects while other periods much less so. I have found that a simple flexible layout with manual sorting works pretty well. I might feel differently if I were using an app with more customizable views, but I have become impatient with a lot of fiddling.

 

[gtd solo-studente]

This seems to me to be very personal and app-dependent. For me, it’s also time dependent: how I want to see things in a daily dashboard changes depends on where my projects are. Some weeks and moths are intensely focused on a few projects while other periods much less so. I have found that a simple flexible layout with manual sorting works pretty well. I might feel differently if I were using an app with more customizable views, but I have become impatient with a lot of fiddling.

@mcogilvie

Thank you for your good GTD post

Indeed . . . GTD Dashboard as Adaptably-Flexible as possible sounds like a necessity for enduring sustainability while life is a random as it is, thank you very much

Again, thank you very much for extending your very good GTD proficiency experience

 

[cfoley]

I don't go with a dashboard. Instead, I go for mental clarity and tools to give me quick access.

I get mental clarity from the weekly review and from engaging with my lists.

I get quick access from:

- Starting my email, calendar, task manager and reference system from my keyboard.
- Closing anything I am not currently using.
- Software to arrange windows on the screen using keyboard shortcuts: https://rectangleapp.com/
- Lists and reference in the same software (Obsidian)
- The ability to locate Obsidian files using folders, search or hyperlinks.

 

[fooddude]

I just use Apple notes and open the context note I'm in.

 

[gtd solo-studente]

I don't go with a dashboard. Instead, I go for mental clarity and tools to give me quick access.

I get mental clarity from the weekly review and from engaging with my lists.

I get quick access from:

- Starting my email, calendar, task manager and reference system from my keyboard.
- Closing anything I am not currently using.
- Software to arrange windows on the screen using keyboard shortcuts: https://rectangleapp.com/
- Lists and reference in the same software (Obsidian)
- The ability to locate Obsidian files using folders, search or hyperlinks.

@cfoley

Really need the "Control Panel / Dashboard" to avoid 'What's Going on Over their Syndrome' . . . trust issues?

Meanwhile, everything you express is clearly triple GTD blackbelt

Will undoubtedly and most gratefully be able to extract some GTD nuggets from your very good GTD practice

Thank you very much

 

[cfoley]

I wonder what I would want in a dashboard if I did have one.

I like working distraction-free, so I might not want to know if there is anything new in my inbox. So, a dashboard that is open all the time would have to omit that information, or I would constantly want to be checking my inbox. On the other hand, I can see the point of view that a dashboard should have a summary of everything in my system, so it should at least have an indicator for my inbox (zero or non-zero).

So, I suppose the design of dashboard would come down to why I want or need one.

Well, I don't want a general GTD dashboard. What about a more specific one? How about a 'start the day' dashboard. I have a startup routine already. I make a coffee, check my calendar, check my ticklers and then get to work. I suppose getting to work means either going to a context list to execute, or to my inbox to process or to just start doing something.

So, I think for me a good GTD dashboard would

- Be a 'start the day' dashboard.
- Show my calendar for the day.
- Show my ticklers for the day.
- Have links to email and each context list.
- If it could make my coffee, that would be the icing on the cake.