Comments on: How to send mail to your future self — at a discount! https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/09/how-to-send-mail-to-your-future-self-at-a-discount/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-send-mail-to-your-future-self-at-a-discount David Allen's GTD® Methodology Sat, 02 Aug 2014 03:24:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Luke https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/09/how-to-send-mail-to-your-future-self-at-a-discount/#comment-2809 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:01:46 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=4211#comment-2809 I used to say “I hate paper” all the time because I didn’t have an effective system for managing it and was in constant fear of losing something important (though somehow I rarely did).

The A-Z filing system took a great deal of pressure away but the Tickler File made it possible for me to not mind working with paper at all. It gives me tremendous peace of mind knowing that those tickets for that event three weeks from now will show up right when I need them.

]]> By: John Forrister https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/09/how-to-send-mail-to-your-future-self-at-a-discount/#comment-2808 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:23:07 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=4211#comment-2808 Hi Brad — Good question. You could try using one set to start, and see if that works. I get by with one Tickler File, at work, rather than one at home and one at work. But that’s because I also use a To Work and a To Home file that I carry in my knapsack.

Please post again, if you’d like, when you’ve decided what works for you.

— John

]]> By: Brad https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/09/how-to-send-mail-to-your-future-self-at-a-discount/#comment-2807 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:45:49 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=4211#comment-2807 I’ve always wondered where the best place to keep the tickler file is. I have a totally different list of things I need to be reminded about at home versus work. Do I need two sets of files?

For my lists, that’s all electronic so that system is portable and available in just about any context, but what about the tickler file?

]]> By: John Forrister https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/09/how-to-send-mail-to-your-future-self-at-a-discount/#comment-2806 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:50:16 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=4211#comment-2806 Rachael — I like that you think of the Tickler File as a ‘safe place.’ When I was first developing the habit of looking at the file each day, I tried the trick of putting a $5 or $10 bill into a future date folder, so it would show up as a pleasant surprise to reinforce my habit. Later I found that putting a cartoon or a meaningful quote in as a future surprise was also a good way to help me look forward to opening the file each day.
— John

]]> By: Rachael https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/09/how-to-send-mail-to-your-future-self-at-a-discount/#comment-2805 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:03:27 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=4211#comment-2805 Such a simple idea, yet so effective. Has saved me so much time – I’m no longer searching for things that I would have “put in a safe place” otherwise.

]]> By: Craig Sanchez https://gettingthingsdone.com/2010/09/how-to-send-mail-to-your-future-self-at-a-discount/#comment-2804 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:00:45 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=4211#comment-2804 I’m surprised how much use I get from mine.

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