organizing Archives - Getting Things Done® David Allen's GTD® Methodology Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:59:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 What is GTD®? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/what-is-gtd-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-gtd-2 https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/what-is-gtd-2/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:42:28 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=16609 Someone recently asked David Allen to share the underlying principle to Getting Things Done® (GTD®). He said: There are several, but the main ones are: 1. CLEAR YOUR HEAD – Your head is for having ideas, not for holding them. In other words, build and maintain an “external brain” to hold all your significant reminders …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/02/what-is-gtd-2/feed/ 4 What does it mean to be organized? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/02/what-does-it-mean-to-be-organized/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-it-mean-to-be-organized https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/02/what-does-it-mean-to-be-organized/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:02:57 +0000 https://gettingthingsdone.com/?p=15741 What does it mean to be organized? It used to be the definition was clean and neat. You know the offices–you walk in the door and it looks likes no one works there. The desk has nothing on it, except for a cool object and a photo. Is this what being organized really means? My …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2017/02/what-does-it-mean-to-be-organized/feed/ 2 Paper vs. Digital Filing https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/06/paper-vs-digital-filing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paper-vs-digital-filing https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/06/paper-vs-digital-filing/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:00:33 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=3829 Question: I have been trying to become “less papered” in business and home and have not found any references in your material that covers this aspect of organization. David Allen: What to store simply as paper and what to bother putting into digital form is purely a matter of how you want your library structured. …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/06/paper-vs-digital-filing/feed/ 7 Podcast on the GTD best practices of organizing https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/10/podcast-on-the-gtd-best-practices-of-organizing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcast-on-the-gtd-best-practices-of-organizing https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/10/podcast-on-the-gtd-best-practices-of-organizing/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:08:43 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=2254 Having a total and seamless system of organization gives you tremendous power because it allows your mind to let go of the lower-level thinking and graduate to intuitive focusing, undistracted by matters that haven’t been dealt with appropriately. – David Allen In other words…get a seamless, leakproof system for tracking everything you can’t do in …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/10/podcast-on-the-gtd-best-practices-of-organizing/feed/ 0 Ways to organize your workspace https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/08/ways-to-organize-your-workspace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ways-to-organize-your-workspace https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/08/ways-to-organize-your-workspace/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:18:29 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1996 This week, in our ongoing series giving you a look inside other people’s GTD setups, Andy Reed sent along some photos for our GTD Times readers. On his desk, Andy uses Inbox, Pending and Read/Review trays. He also uses a Tickler File system for hard copy items, and OmniFocus on the Mac for action list …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/08/ways-to-organize-your-workspace/feed/ 17 The Freedom to Make a Big, Fat Mess https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/the-freedom-to-make-a-big-fat-mess/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-freedom-to-make-a-big-fat-mess https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/the-freedom-to-make-a-big-fat-mess/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:51:42 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1808 A couple of weeks ago (during an In Conversation that will be posted later this summer on GTDConnect), David Allen asked me if I practice GTD with my kids. In response, I laughed and said, “No.” After all, my daughter is three years old and my son is just nine months. They can hardly do GTD, …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/the-freedom-to-make-a-big-fat-mess/feed/ 8 How to weed wack your inbox down to zero https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/06/how-to-weed-wack-your-inbox-down-to-zero/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-weed-wack-your-inbox-down-to-zero https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/06/how-to-weed-wack-your-inbox-down-to-zero/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:03:49 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1676 If you’ve ever tasted Inbox zero, you know there’s no going back. It’s a powerful reference point in mastering GTD.  The key is knowing how you did it, and how to repeat it on a regular basis. (Yes, it’s not just about getting it there once–anyone can do that with Ctrl+A, Delete. )  The answers …

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