terminalwriter
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I've known about GTD for months and am starting to feel like I'm really getting the ball rolling.
When David mentions in the book, getting a tool you enjoy using helps a great deal, I can totally agree. My system really started when I got my iPhone, because I wanted a reason to play with it.
However, I worry about that becoming my primary capture tool. Right now, it seems to be working ok; however, there are times that I want to sit and brainstorm at a random place and the interface just isn't conductive for that. Usually my capture, right now, consist of short notes that I e-mail myself.
I'm beginning to think I need a paper-based tool as well, but I'm trying to figure out something that will fit my lifestyle. I work a day job in an office and wait tables at night and on weekends. I have a 45 minute commute to the day job and about the same amount home, whether or not I work the second job that day. Add in, during my free nights, I usually spend several hours over at my mom's for some quality time with my kids. (I'm a single dad of two little girls and with two jobs and 12 credit hours of school online, it's not fair to them for them to stay with me right now.) And several nights a week after either the second job or spending time with the kids, I will go crash over at my girlfriend's place as well.
So I'm looking for something that is fairly portable, but rugged enough to have in my back pocket while I wait tables, so I can jot stuff down/brainstorm during slow periods in the restaurant. I tried the HipsterPDA at one point, but all the cards got pretty mangled in the process.
The other thing I really need with it, is a way to make sure I keep it with me. (That's why the iPhone has become so valuable, I once, years ago, had a PDA that I would always forget. I always have my phone on me, so this has become ubiquitous for me.) So maybe it could be my wallet as well? I tried to find some sort of iPhone case with a notebook without much luck.
I've got all of my lists in Google Docs, so although I can't edit them, I do always have access to my lists through my phone. I just need an easier way to capture I guess...
When David mentions in the book, getting a tool you enjoy using helps a great deal, I can totally agree. My system really started when I got my iPhone, because I wanted a reason to play with it.
However, I worry about that becoming my primary capture tool. Right now, it seems to be working ok; however, there are times that I want to sit and brainstorm at a random place and the interface just isn't conductive for that. Usually my capture, right now, consist of short notes that I e-mail myself.
I'm beginning to think I need a paper-based tool as well, but I'm trying to figure out something that will fit my lifestyle. I work a day job in an office and wait tables at night and on weekends. I have a 45 minute commute to the day job and about the same amount home, whether or not I work the second job that day. Add in, during my free nights, I usually spend several hours over at my mom's for some quality time with my kids. (I'm a single dad of two little girls and with two jobs and 12 credit hours of school online, it's not fair to them for them to stay with me right now.) And several nights a week after either the second job or spending time with the kids, I will go crash over at my girlfriend's place as well.
So I'm looking for something that is fairly portable, but rugged enough to have in my back pocket while I wait tables, so I can jot stuff down/brainstorm during slow periods in the restaurant. I tried the HipsterPDA at one point, but all the cards got pretty mangled in the process.
The other thing I really need with it, is a way to make sure I keep it with me. (That's why the iPhone has become so valuable, I once, years ago, had a PDA that I would always forget. I always have my phone on me, so this has become ubiquitous for me.) So maybe it could be my wallet as well? I tried to find some sort of iPhone case with a notebook without much luck.
I've got all of my lists in Google Docs, so although I can't edit them, I do always have access to my lists through my phone. I just need an easier way to capture I guess...