So when I read GTD, the “capture everything” idea seemed a bit unnecessary. I have never really had problems with forgetting to do something I promised, failing to start a project on time, or missing a deadline.

As I was writing this post I realized it’s a bit more information than I thought, so today I present only step one: capture everything! Capture everything Rather than the five steps of GTD, I see my system as just two steps: capture and organize. Ultimately, get more important things done in less time and with less stress! A rather ambitious goal, and the system is definitely not doing all of these things for me yet, but it’s a start. not get overwhelmed by everything that needs to be done.not overschedule my time / say no more often.give me insight into how much I’ve already done.keep me focused on important projects, but not forget everything else.A lot of these ideas are based on Getting Things Done (if you haven’t read the book, see a short explanation by LifeHacker) with additional inspiration from podcasts, blog posts and conversations with others like Felienne and Noeska. Since the system is still evolving, I thought it would be helpful for myself to summarize it, as a way of figuring out where I might still need to tweak things. I’ve talked about the planning system I’ve recently adopted in a few of my progress reports, but I realized there wasn’t a single place I could refer people to if I wanted to explain it to somebody.

Setting up todoist for gtd