Comments on: What Gets in the Way of Being Productive?

By: GTD Times Staff

GTD Times Staff — Mon, 14 May 2018 21:24:44 +0000

In reply to Simon Morris. Hi Simon, your word "grooved" fits very well. Most of us have grooved habits for years, and putting GTD into practice means changing some habits. First, be patient with yourself. For most people, the habit of doing the Weekly Review makes everything else better. Here's a link to the checklist for that. https://gettingthingsdone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/GTD-WeeklyReview.pdf If you aren't doing a regular review, start small and spend a few minutes doing any part of the full review. Any is better than none. Next time, add a few more minutes, and so on. Good luck and keep at it!

By: David Drake

David Drake — Fri, 11 May 2018 16:09:25 +0000

This is outstanding, David! I love it — it boils things down to a well, duh! type response. Thanks for sharing this!

All best wishes,
-David

By: Simon Morris

Simon Morris — Thu, 10 May 2018 22:05:16 +0000

Thanks David,
I like the methodology, and try to do those 5 things better, but how do I get the system so grooved that when I get crazy busy it doesn’t fall apart. For me, despite best intentions, there is a hill to climb to get this embedded, and sometimes it is too steep, and I find myself back at the bottom (missed commitments and all).

Am I just under-resourced, or distracted? I’m not sure, but some pointers how to get GTD over the top of the hill would be great.

Thanks for reading.

Simon