Comments on: Being comfortable with letting things get out of control https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/05/being-comfortable-with-letting-things-get-out-of-control/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=being-comfortable-with-letting-things-get-out-of-control David Allen's GTD® Methodology Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:12:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Brandy https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/05/being-comfortable-with-letting-things-get-out-of-control/#comment-2407 Thu, 20 May 2010 18:11:08 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=3772#comment-2407 Thanks Kelly,

This post really helped me identify an area of my system where I have been stuck. I think I have been a bit caught in a loop of Not wanting to take the time to process fully because I feel I should be ‘doing’ something, but not really ‘doing’ much of anything because of all the unprocessed things piling up. I think if I am more faithful about processing daily, that will help me to get unstuck. Does that sound right?

]]> By: Mark https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/05/being-comfortable-with-letting-things-get-out-of-control/#comment-2406 Sun, 16 May 2010 16:08:21 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=3772#comment-2406 I get 75-100 e-mails/day and 25 calls/day that require actions either the same day or in the next 3-5 days. GTD has allowed me to break through getting stuck at the initial collecting/ processing/ organizing phase. However, I’m now stuck at trying to establish priorities of my existing next actions vs. new next actions because this changes hourly. My anxiety is that I’m not always working on the most mission critical next actions. It difficult because the next actions seem conflicting in terms of priority- everything is urgent help!

]]> By: Omar https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/05/being-comfortable-with-letting-things-get-out-of-control/#comment-2405 Sat, 15 May 2010 22:00:26 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=3772#comment-2405 I used to think the same way until I realized that highly important items have certain characteristics. If the next action has to be done now, then it came to you in real-time such as a phone call or a person to person interaction. Either way you get to process it then and there. Highly important items that need to be handled now don’t come by email or air mail.

There are important items that arrive via my inboxes, but they are not important now. Because I process my inboxes (physical and electronic) daily, I trust that I will see them and identify next actions within 24 hours. I actually process twice a day, first thing in the morning and first thing after lunch for maximum productivity.

This has allowed my to work from my action list knowing and trusting that the most important items are already in it.

]]> By: Rick Lobrecht https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/05/being-comfortable-with-letting-things-get-out-of-control/#comment-2404 Sat, 15 May 2010 20:41:38 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=3772#comment-2404 I have a similar situation with my inbox. One thing I have to do once in a while is take my mail client offline, get my inbox to zero, and then go to work. I’ve talked to people who always leave their mail offline, and only manually check it a few times a day.

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