Inbox compulsion

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This is the way GTD should be implemented.

I think your GTD-System is up and running in a perfect way, congratulations.

Yours
Alexander
 
Sadly, my GTD system is very far from perfect.
But certain parts of it work pretty well, and certain things like the Inbox, have seemed to become ingrained in the brain...

But other aspects of my GTD implementation are not working for me, and I am trying to figure out how to make it work.
Just being honest.
 
I would say you know you have the perfect system when you always know exactly what you have to do, when you have to do it, and what the next step is to get you where you want to go.

Which leads to the conclusion that perfect GTD leads to buddhahood.
 
Know exactly what not to do.

sonia_simone said:
I would say you know you have the perfect system when you always know exactly what you have to do, when you have to do it, and what the next step is to get you where you want to go.
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For me GTD is just the opposite - to know exactly what not to do and why (conscious and honest renegotiation).
sonia_simone said:
Which leads to the conclusion that perfect GTD leads to buddhahood.
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I could never use the word 'perfect' for this type of thing, or for anything, really.

I prefer trying to think more along the lines of a system that is functioning well, or extremely well. But at the same time, its ok if it functions poorly sometimes as well, as long as its functioning at all.
 
CosmoGTD said:
I could never use the word 'perfect' for this type of thing, or for anything, really.

I prefer trying to think more along the lines of a system that is functioning well, or extremely well. But at the same time, its ok if it functions poorly sometimes as well, as long as its functioning at all.
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Exactly. :-)
 
You can use proxies for stuff...

CosmoGTD said:
So without thinking I tried to put them on the table a few feet away, as they were so big and heavy.
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When I have stuff that doesn't fit into my inbox, I'll usually just write "deal with the envelope from ABC that's on the side table" on a sheet of paper and stick that in the inbox. Keeps the item in my queue to be processed without demolishing the stuff that's under it in the inbox.

Tammy
 
yes, a paper placeholder works well for big stuff.
But for these things, I think it was more of a resistance to having to open up these large envelopes, and then work through the papers.
They are those huge Insurance Envelopes that come yearly.
 
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