I am an early career academic at a research-oriented university. Transitioning from being PhD student to a tenure-track faculty member has been great; however, I find my time management and organizational system used during my PhD student time is not adequate for the responsibilities and obligations I now have (e.g., serving on countless committees, advising students, a flood of daily emails and paperwork).
I am currently reading Allen's GTD book and would like to test out this system. The system itself seems very much tailored for non-academic, private industry work. Can anyone recommend readings or advice for implementing in an academic context where basically everything changes semester to semester or year to year? In addition, what OSX software do people recommend for newbies testing GTD? I was considering Things or OmniFocus but they are very expensive and both sound like they are about to be updated. I am considering just using Wunderlist and Evernote, which are my normal productivity software. But, I wanted something that forces me to use the full GTD technique.
I am currently reading Allen's GTD book and would like to test out this system. The system itself seems very much tailored for non-academic, private industry work. Can anyone recommend readings or advice for implementing in an academic context where basically everything changes semester to semester or year to year? In addition, what OSX software do people recommend for newbies testing GTD? I was considering Things or OmniFocus but they are very expensive and both sound like they are about to be updated. I am considering just using Wunderlist and Evernote, which are my normal productivity software. But, I wanted something that forces me to use the full GTD technique.