Getting Things Done (GTD) - Cult or Awesome?

EVERY DAY

I have felt your pain, AA.

:(

i even put up a sign, no use

they just go 'oh lol sign' and talk anyway

how's it goin?

where are we at with that?

pestering disguised as polite chitchat drives me up the wall

just wanted to check in, make sure you didn't need anything

by the way can one of you take care of these 7 things

the worst is having multiple of these people in your life who don't really communicate or care about the larger scheduling picture but just whatever little task they're worried about at the moment. particularly if one is more experienced/savvy/devious and knows how to constantly get me to do their stuff before the other guy's stuff.

'not interrupting, just making sure everything is okay'
'EXCEPT YOU ARE INTERRUPTING'
'oh sorry'

A long time ago I worked for two senior people at the same time, both of whom thought their work took precedence and both of whom piled it on (in one case I had to type up her rolodex cards on an actual typewriter--she would put them in my inbox hand-written on post it notes, which, lady, if you had time to write the whole thing down, why don't you just WRITE IT ON THIS ROLODEX CARD).

I frequently said, I'm working on all these things for the other person, can you please prioritize? so they changed it to alternate days, but it was definitely perceived as my being "unhelpful" and unable to accomplish all of both of their tasks.

we have the same problem, and need to bang some heads together at some point

The other senior editor at the same place would litter his office with reams of random notes and papers and have me pick them up one by one and READ THEM TO HIM, so he could tell me which shelf pile to put them in. He seriously just wanted to sit at his desk and have me do that for him. Editorial asst life is hell's nearest half acre.

jesus god

'also, lick my boots'

do these people discover one day that this is 'a way to work' ('it's so much easier!') or do they just have all these fantasies stored up about how they can dominate their subordinates once they have some

Don't go into publishing, kids.

damn. i am currently looking for an entry-level position in publishing because i am afraid of going into academia. i hate being a (semi)recent college graduate.

but in terms of this thread, i am reading all about GTD and the moleskine hack. i am a sucker for this stuff because i am really inefficient and forgetful and i always believe that if i just found the right system these things would no longer be true.

I so rarely use paper.

oh man, i never saw this thread before, first 50 posts or so are amazing

he's been beloved for so long that sometimes i forget what a good old fashioned HOOS hazing looked like

the preferred nomenclature is HOOSAZING

ftr i regularly punch myself in the face for including ~this moleskine hack~ in the OP

https://photos-6.dropbox.com/t/0/AABaQjT3Iu4DSHL9yAJbCGbLnTujmn2D76NAvncd3FVP2g/12/30623206/jpeg/32x32/3/_/1/2/dominateyrcleaning.JPG/w6g9vCBTgJ2VRQ3mcB1Ahk-UditRsFdfyQP9bClBNxk?size=1600x1200

i blame these people

i've got this on right now: http://www.43folders.com/2006/11/28/productive-talk-comp

Hoos & others - are you still doing this? any advice on how to get started?

read the book (srs.)

i think i've done it twice

what caek said i mean

the next action idea is useful

yeah - i'm reading the book now and starting to apply some of it. the basics seem really solid. what I was hoping for more was any advice on adjusting to it/sticking with it, how strictly you guys think it's necessary to stick to the book version. Thanks.

also thinking of projects as a collection of tasks or whatever

idk but i definitely do not DO gtd

no weekly reviews

i go in and out--i'm much more successful at applying GTD specifically in a work context, weekly reviews included--i really struggle to apply it throughout life. i'm on a downswing right now, but i'm very much aware of the degree to which my work is suffering as a result.

this is kinda posts very much in character but there's a podcast i listen to pretty much every week that is basically about how to do this ~productivity~ stuff on a consistently applied basis, and just the act of listening to it and being reminded and inspired by it is really useful. they did an episode a little while ago specifically on 'troubleshooting,' making sure you stick with it, and it's one of my favorite episodes of the show: http://5by5.tv/b2w/99

preemptive hi 5 markers

yeah - i'm very much on a loose summer swing right now, so I want to tighten things up this and next month and go into the fall feeling really solid and for lack of a better word - inspired.

between this and buddhism thread, which I'm also reading, I think markers and I are on parallel paths right now.

thanks - podcast looks great

haha i just checked it again and i recommend skipping to minute 26 to get past a long & jokey intro that won't make a lotta sense if it's your first episode

thank you for this time-saving productivity tip

every episode starts w/ that stuff i think

it's the way of the future

way of the FUture

if i've learned nothing else from marc maron, it is skip at least the first 15 mins of jokey intros that don't make sense

bulk bag

ive really got to get my shit together and hack together a hack to hack my hack

if i've learned nothing else from marc maron, it is skip at least the first 15 mins of jokey intros that don't make sense

There must be some sort of editing drinking game that takes place whenever there's a minimum tl;dr criteria.

bulk bag

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