context Archives - Getting Things Done® David Allen's GTD® Methodology Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:33:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Meaning, Neatness and Organization https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/03/meaning-neatness-and-organization/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meaning-neatness-and-organization https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/03/meaning-neatness-and-organization/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:15:32 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1105 I had one of those “why didn’t I make the connection before? It’s so obvious!” moments recently, while thinking through a chapter of my book-in-progress. The three things I connected were David Allen’s subtle definition of organization: “where things are suits what they mean to you,” James C. Scott’s masterpiece on how governments develop an …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/03/meaning-neatness-and-organization/feed/ 2 How to feel Okay when You're Not Doing Something https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/08/how-to-feel-okay-when-not-doing-something/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-feel-okay-when-not-doing-something https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/08/how-to-feel-okay-when-not-doing-something/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:09:24 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/08/22/how-to-feel-okay-when-not-doing-something/ When you start climbing up the GTD implementation ladder you begin collecting, processing and organizing every cool idea that you come across.   Pretty soon you have a huge list of projects together with an even more colossal list of next actions. It’s tempting to try and accomplish all of them; but what if you …

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]]> https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/08/how-to-feel-okay-when-not-doing-something/feed/ 4 Determining Priority GTD Style https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/08/determining-priority-gtd-style/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=determining-priority-gtd-style https://gettingthingsdone.com/2008/08/determining-priority-gtd-style/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:43:53 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2008/08/20/determining-priority-gtd-style/ By Michael Gorsline OmniFocus is a GTD inspired productivity application for Mac. When I visit the OmniFocus discussion boards, at fairly regular intervals someone will ask, “But why can’t you Omni guys incorporate a way to assign priority to action items?” and an argument promptly ensues. GTD folks try to explain why that just doesn’t …

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