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Actually Getting Things Done, Part 2

It's been about 5 weeks since my first post about "Getting Things Done" (GTD) - the book by David Allen about personal time management and productivity.

I have now successfully gathered and processed all of my 'stuff'. The fact that this post is 5 weeks later than my first post just goes to prove the point that I made in my first post; I was wrong to ignore the books advice!

You absolutely have to set time aside to do the preparation. No matter what you think, you will not be able to 'fit it in' or do it at the same time as anything else - life simply has too many distractions! (if it didn't - you probably wouldn't be interested in GTD in the first place.)

Actually Getting Things Done, Part 1

"Getting Things Done" (or GTD) is a book by David Allen. It claims to provide the reader with a complete, flexible solution to the problem of personal time management.

As I seem to be getting busier (and more disorganised) every day, I often find myself wasting what could be productive time simply working out what fire needs to be put out next. As with many things in my life, I turned to the Internet for advice and GTD is what it seemed to suggest. So - I've taken the Internet's advice (it never lies) and decided to give the GTD method a try.

Step 1 - Read the book!