So this was the first time I heard of GTD. Of course I use the phrase “getting things done” almost everyday, I wasn’t aware that there was actually a work-life management system and book all about getting things done. I haven’t had the chance to read David Allen’s book Getting Things Done, but I am interested in learning how I can apply this management system to my own life. Anything that can assist me in transforming my personal overwhelm and overload into an integrated system of stress-free productivity is worth looking deeper into. But then I wonder, what does this David Allen know that the rest of us need him to tell us how to make our lives less complicated! If getting things done follows a COMMON SENSE notion that with a complete and current inventory of all your commitments you can focus clearly and make trusted choices about what to do and not to do at any moment, then why can’t ordinary people implement this system themselves without the help of David Allen?
Well I guess I can answer my own question! Because people are LAZY.
When I sit back and evaluate why I haven’t come up with a system to help me organize my life and quickly realized that I wouldn’t know where to start! I would consider myself to be a well organized person when it comes to my home life, but since I’ve started school it has been a struggle trying to integrate the two. Yes, I am sure if I put my mind to it I could create an effective plan to help me cope. But that would require time and an clear mind, which at the moment I don’t have either. *Sigh*
With that being said I would consider myself to be one of the thousands of people who, just like me, need a person like David Allen and his handy work-life management system to get me organized, reduce my stress and improve my productivity in a world full of To-Do lists that are too long.
people are sure lazy!!! i know i am i can be digitally organized and know the things i need to get down but i will stare at the computer screen to lazy to start my brain up to do something. i really do think GTD could do alot for me. since my prioritizing is totally backwards.