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#productivity #gtd #gettingthingsdone #pkm

Adrian Segar @[email protected] · 2026-07-12 · 23:30 UTC

Why I've found David Allen's "Getting Things Done" to be the most powerful tool for improving your personal work environment

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2010/08/the-most-powerful-tool-for-improving-your-personal-work-environment

#productivity #gtd #gettingthingsdone #pkm

Adrian Segar @[email protected] · 2026-07-12 · 23:30 UTC

Why I've found David Allen's "Getting Things Done" to be the most powerful tool for improving your personal work environment

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2010/08/the-most-powerful-tool-for-improving-your-personal-work-environment

#productivity #gtd #gettingthingsdone #pkm

Adrian Segar @[email protected] · 2026-07-12 · 23:30 UTC

Why I've found David Allen's "Getting Things Done" to be the most powerful tool for improving your personal work environment

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2010/08/the-most-powerful-tool-for-improving-your-personal-work-environment

#productivity #gtd #gettingthingsdone #pkm

Adrian Segar @[email protected] · 2026-07-12 · 23:30 UTC

Why I've found David Allen's "Getting Things Done" to be the most powerful tool for improving your personal work environment

#pkm #gettingthingsdone #gtd #productivity

Minoru @[email protected] · 2026-06-30 · 10:22 UTC

Calculated some quick stats for my GTD system:

the current incarnation is 23 months old. That's more than I spent with a paper system.
I abandon 18% of the projects I start.
I realize 40% of the ideas I write down, i.e. out of every 5 ideas, two become completed projects and the other three go to the someday/maybe list.
my waiting-for list is 1.5 times bigger than my projects list.

This matches my overall feeling that the clarification routine is weak and I should drop more stuff early on. This despite the fact that I became way more focused in the last couple years, ruthlessly deallocating time and energy from things that appear less important. About half a year ago I realized that I hamstrung myself by deprioritizing some activities that brought me joy and energy, so I'm bringing those back now.

I suspect that in order to improve my clarification routine I should go to higher horizons and formulate a better understanding of where I'm heading. I tried bottom-up approach where I assign each project to an area of focus, but that didn't bring me any insights yet. Would love to hear how others approached their higher horizons.

#gtd #gettingthingsdone

Minoru @[email protected] · 2026-06-30 · 10:22 UTC

Calculated some quick stats for my GTD system:

the current incarnation is 23 months old. That's more than I spent with a paper system.
I abandon 18% of the projects I start.
I realize 40% of the ideas I write down, i.e. out of every 5 ideas, two become completed projects and the other three go to the someday/maybe list.
my waiting-for list is 1.5 times bigger than my projects list.

This matches my overall feeling that the clarification routine is weak and I should drop more stuff early on. This despite the fact that I became way more focused in the last couple years, ruthlessly deallocating time and energy from things that appear less important. About half a year ago I realized that I hamstrung myself by deprioritizing some activities that brought me joy and energy, so I'm bringing those back now.

I suspect that in order to improve my clarification routine I should go to higher horizons and formulate a better understanding of where I'm heading. I tried bottom-up approach where I assign each project to an area of focus, but that didn't bring me any insights yet. Would love to hear how others approached their higher horizons.

#gtd #gettingthingsdone

Minoru @[email protected] · 2026-06-30 · 10:22 UTC

Calculated some quick stats for my GTD system:

the current incarnation is 23 months old. That's more than I spent with a paper system.
I abandon 18% of the projects I start.
I realize 40% of the ideas I write down, i.e. out of every 5 ideas, two become completed projects and the other three go to the someday/maybe list.
my waiting-for list is 1.5 times bigger than my projects list.

This matches my overall feeling that the clarification routine is weak and I should drop more stuff early on. This despite the fact that I became way more focused in the last couple years, ruthlessly deallocating time and energy from things that appear less important. About half a year ago I realized that I hamstrung myself by deprioritizing some activities that brought me joy and energy, so I'm bringing those back now.

I suspect that in order to improve my clarification routine I should go to higher horizons and formulate a better understanding of where I'm heading. I tried bottom-up approach where I assign each project to an area of focus, but that didn't bring me any insights yet. Would love to hear how others approached their higher horizons.

#gtd #gettingthingsdone

Minoru @[email protected] · 2026-06-30 · 10:22 UTC

Calculated some quick stats for my GTD system:

the current incarnation is 23 months old. That's more than I spent with a paper system.
I abandon 18% of the projects I start.
I realize 40% of the ideas I write down, i.e. out of every 5 ideas, two become completed projects and the other three go to the someday/maybe list.
my waiting-for list is 1.5 times bigger than my projects list.

This matches my overall feeling that the clarification routine is weak and I should drop more stuff early on. This despite the fact that I became way more focused in the last couple years, ruthlessly deallocating time and energy from things that appear less important. About half a year ago I realized that I hamstrung myself by deprioritizing some activities that brought me joy and energy, so I'm bringing those back now.

I suspect that in order to improve my clarification routine I should go to higher horizons and formulate a better understanding of where I'm heading. I tried bottom-up approach where I assign each project to an area of focus, but that didn't bring me any insights yet. Would love to hear how others approached their higher horizons.

#gtd #gettingthingsdone

Minoru @[email protected] · 2026-06-30 · 10:22 UTC

Calculated some quick stats for my GTD system:

the current incarnation is 23 months old. That's more than I spent with a paper system.
I abandon 18% of the projects I start.
I realize 40% of the ideas I write down, i.e. out of every 5 ideas, two become completed projects and the other three go to the someday/maybe list.
my waiting-for list is 1.5 times bigger than my projects list.

This matches my overall feeling that the clarification routine is weak and I should drop more stuff early on. This despite the fact that I became way more focused in the last couple years, ruthlessly deallocating time and energy from things that appear less important. About half a year ago I realized that I hamstrung myself by deprioritizing some activities that brought me joy and energy, so I'm bringing those back now.

I suspect that in order to improve my clarification routine I should go to higher horizons and formulate a better understanding of where I'm heading. I tried bottom-up approach where I assign each project to an area of focus, but that didn't bring me any insights yet. Would love to hear how others approached their higher horizons.

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/yak-shaving-defined-ill-get-that-done-as-soon-as-i-shave-this-yak

#gettingthingsdone #gtd

Ken Newquist @[email protected] · 2026-06-25 · 20:04 UTC

Today, I introduced one of my colleagues to the concept of "yak shaving", a time-honored IT tradition (and a term I think I learned from @mackensen)

As I transition into my new role, I'm spending a lot of time resisting the call of the yak.

Sometimes, I even succeed.

#YakShaving #Jargon #GTD

#yakshaving #jargon #gtd

Ken Newquist @[email protected] · 2026-06-25 · 20:04 UTC

Today, I introduced one of my colleagues to the concept of "yak shaving", a time-honored IT tradition (and a term I think I learned from @mackensen)

As I transition into my new role, I'm spending a lot of time resisting the call of the yak.

Sometimes, I even succeed.

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/yak-shaving-defined-ill-get-that-done-as-soon-as-i-shave-this-yak

#YakShaving #Jargon #GTD

#yakshaving #jargon #gtd

J. B. Rainsberger (he) @[email protected] · 2026-06-23 · 17:05 UTC

I'm planning to uproot my life and move, but I don't feel stress from the explosion of things to do, because of #GTD. I have a long list of things to do. I keep having more ideas.

There's on the list. I'll get to them. I won't forget anything important. It'll be fine.

#gtd #gettingthingsdone

J. B. Rainsberger (he) @[email protected] · 2026-06-23 · 17:05 UTC

I'm planning to uproot my life and move, but I don't feel stress from the explosion of things to do, because of #GTD. I have a long list of things to do. I keep having more ideas.

There's on the list. I'll get to them. I won't forget anything important. It'll be fine.

#gtd #gettingthingsdone

J. B. Rainsberger (he) @[email protected] · 2026-06-23 · 17:05 UTC

I'm planning to uproot my life and move, but I don't feel stress from the explosion of things to do, because of #GTD. I have a long list of things to do. I keep having more ideas.

There's on the list. I'll get to them. I won't forget anything important. It'll be fine.

#gtd #gettingthingsdone

J. B. Rainsberger (he) @[email protected] · 2026-06-23 · 17:05 UTC

I'm planning to uproot my life and move, but I don't feel stress from the explosion of things to do, because of #GTD. I have a long list of things to do. I keep having more ideas.

There's on the list. I'll get to them. I won't forget anything important. It'll be fine.

#gtd #gettingthingsdone

J. B. Rainsberger (he) @[email protected] · 2026-06-23 · 17:05 UTC

I'm planning to uproot my life and move, but I don't feel stress from the explosion of things to do, because of #GTD. I have a long list of things to do. I keep having more ideas.

There's on the list. I'll get to them. I won't forget anything important. It'll be fine.