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When I started with GTD, I had no idea why I was on this planet
You build the GTD horizons of focus from the bottom up. Four rounds of "why" take you from one task on your list all the way to your vision.
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What comes up in the work, written down. Method, tools, automation. No editorial calendar, no fixed schedule.
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Nobody emails you to say you have stopped calling your friend
Work material knocks at the door, personal material does not. How a mind sweep gets the topics with no sender into your system, and where they go next.
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A goal with no project under it is a dream
GTD goals rarely fail because of how they are worded. They fail because no project sits underneath. The done test separates goal, standard and dream.
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"I don't really feel like it" is not a no
Actually, maybe, I'll try: hedging language turns your no into a yes. Which words to cut, what carries instead, and why it is rarely a courage problem.
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I don't get up in the morning looking forward to the property tax notice
GTD contexts by energy instead of by place: how three lists and three fixed calendar blocks make sure the work nobody enjoys gets done as well.
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A yoga teacher asks about neck pain. More than half the hands go up.
Desk yoga for GTD practitioners: one breathing technique, four exercises, and the system trick that keeps the routine alive past day three.
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The night her head spent five hours clearing itself out
Five hours of her head clearing out in a single night. How a mother of two runs GTD, with a two-metre board on the living room wall and chore cards the kids pick from.
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The tandem jump sat on my list for a year and a half
The tandem jump sat on my list for a year and a half. What separates a someday/maybe list from an idea graveyard, and how to actually keep one.
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"It took me five hours last week"
Five hours for a weekly review is not diligence, it is a flaw in the process. The full walkthrough, the forgotten inboxes and the three places it gets stuck.
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"You are there, but you are not here"
Plan tomorrow tonight: decide in the evening and you only have to execute in the morning — and the working day ends in your head, not at the dinner table.
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Your plan for the day survives until quarter past ten
The plan survives until quarter past ten. Not because of the inbox, but because of the requests. How to decline without damaging the relationship.
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A well-kept context list can paralyse you just as much as chaos
Context lists show what you could do. A kanban daily board shows what is running today. How to couple the two without building yourself a second system.
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An afternoon designing boards feels better than two finished tasks
Designing boards feels like work but isn't. How to spot tool procrastination, when switching systems is justified, and what data ownership really costs.
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More tools do not make unclear people clearer
AI lowers the cost of writing, not the cost of deciding. Why the information load grows because of it, and what helps instead.
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Two weeks before the trip, the campervan was a write-off
Two weeks before the trip the campervan was a write-off. The word campervan appeared nowhere in the plan. How the five steps of the NPM unstick projects.
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The most common answer to "which lists do you keep?" is "one"
Seven lists, each answering exactly one question. Why a single to-do list paralyses you, and which lists are almost always missing in practice.
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"Can you hear me?" is the worst opening line of any meeting
Can you hear me? Can you see my slides? Why the tech check at the start costs more than the minutes it loses, and how to break the habit.
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The most expensive click in Outlook is "mark as unread"
One Quick Step, three keys, an empty inbox. How to set up Outlook and Microsoft To Do so that emails turn into real next actions.
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97 projects. And the sentence "I have no idea where to start."
Eighty projects on the list is normal. Why it still paralyses you, what is really on it, and how areas of responsibility help without ruining your weekly review.
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The fullest calendar in the room rarely belongs to the most productive person
Put to-dos in your calendar and you lose your trust in it. What belongs in the hard landscape, what does not, and how time blocking still works.
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The client had a perfect system. And still no day of his own.
Processing and working are two different modes. Mix them and you lose the day to your inbox. The daily review as a way out, explained concretely.
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I have not filed an invoice myself in a year
How I automated invoice filing, project folders and my weekly review with AI-written scripts. Six concrete examples you can rebuild.