Space_Invader
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Hi all,
Longtime lurker, first-time poster!
Bit of backstory: i was thrown into the deepend professionally around 2014 when I took on an overseas role (at the age of 25) managing supply chain for a construction firm in the education space. I had little to no experience other than a couple of years as a financial analyst, and was now responsible for a team of 4, $60m+ in annual expenditure, time-critical contracts (in a language I didn't speak) etc.
Trying to keep my head above water, I found GTD and blitzed through both the audiobook and the implementation in a lonely weekend at the office, and ended up with cabinets of alphebitised file folders, contracts in separate stacks, lists on my desktop (Outlook for Mac, later Toodledo, then Nirvana over the course of about 5 years, finally settling on Nozbe, since I know you were wondering!).
GTD was a bit of a career-saver, and I had my very touch mediterranean (I'll say no more) boss comment on more than one ocassion that he loved when he'd fly in and have me bring him a printed list of agenda items to crank through because he could relax(!) knowing that everything was on one checklist and was complete, and no escalations were off topic so nothing was lurking out of sight!
Fast-forward eight years, two kids, a marriage, an international move, two job changes and now having started my own firm, I can honestly say GTD has changed my life profoundly. My implementation is far from perfect, and I am constantly dealing with new challenges (right now I have FOUR different email accounts due to client VDI restrictions, and so have given up my trusty email folder system and am forced to email everything into a central Nozbe inbox. I have also moved to a much more streamlined, conventional daily to-do list setup now I am 100% remote, albeit I still love the context tags for errands, the odd trane/plane journey or when I feel like making calls in the car etc.).
All this to say the Forum, the podcasts (I listen to the US, UK and Nordics versions as and when) and the support of John/Kelly Forrester and the wider community of GTD accolytes has helped me stay sane and evolve my practice throughout the various phases of my 20s and 30s, and long may it continue!
As the old saying goes, "Methods are many, principles are few. Methods often change, principles never do."
Thanks to all!
Longtime lurker, first-time poster!
Bit of backstory: i was thrown into the deepend professionally around 2014 when I took on an overseas role (at the age of 25) managing supply chain for a construction firm in the education space. I had little to no experience other than a couple of years as a financial analyst, and was now responsible for a team of 4, $60m+ in annual expenditure, time-critical contracts (in a language I didn't speak) etc.
Trying to keep my head above water, I found GTD and blitzed through both the audiobook and the implementation in a lonely weekend at the office, and ended up with cabinets of alphebitised file folders, contracts in separate stacks, lists on my desktop (Outlook for Mac, later Toodledo, then Nirvana over the course of about 5 years, finally settling on Nozbe, since I know you were wondering!).
GTD was a bit of a career-saver, and I had my very touch mediterranean (I'll say no more) boss comment on more than one ocassion that he loved when he'd fly in and have me bring him a printed list of agenda items to crank through because he could relax(!) knowing that everything was on one checklist and was complete, and no escalations were off topic so nothing was lurking out of sight!
Fast-forward eight years, two kids, a marriage, an international move, two job changes and now having started my own firm, I can honestly say GTD has changed my life profoundly. My implementation is far from perfect, and I am constantly dealing with new challenges (right now I have FOUR different email accounts due to client VDI restrictions, and so have given up my trusty email folder system and am forced to email everything into a central Nozbe inbox. I have also moved to a much more streamlined, conventional daily to-do list setup now I am 100% remote, albeit I still love the context tags for errands, the odd trane/plane journey or when I feel like making calls in the car etc.).
All this to say the Forum, the podcasts (I listen to the US, UK and Nordics versions as and when) and the support of John/Kelly Forrester and the wider community of GTD accolytes has helped me stay sane and evolve my practice throughout the various phases of my 20s and 30s, and long may it continue!
As the old saying goes, "Methods are many, principles are few. Methods often change, principles never do."
Thanks to all!