- If you’re not totally sure what your job is it will always feel overwhelmed
- Lack of time is not the major issue. Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time, they get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined
- You can’t do a project, you can only do the action steps it involves
It’s very easy to get caught up in your GTD system and to forget about the actual doing part.
Decide what to do according to the following four criteria:
– Context
– Time Available
– Energy Available
– Priority
If you’ve tagged your tasks properly you’ll have, for example:
Context: a list of phone calls to make when you’re on the phone, or emails to browse whilst sitting on a train
Time Available: A list of quick jobs to do when you have the odd five minutes
Energy Available: A list of jobs requiring little mental or creative horsepower
Priority: A calendar telling you what you must do today
I find it especially useful to tag the five minute jobs and the low energy jobs. I usually do the five minute jobs when I’ve got a little spare time before teaching a class, the low energy jobs can be fun things to read or enjoy.
Tony Ballantyne Tech 