Getting a Grip – Getting Things Done

I think it’s pretty obvious from this site that I have a serious problem with getting things done – the first post you see on this site is a list of things I need to do!

And that is pretty much the story in other parts of my life as well – too many things competing for a limited attention and energy span.

I’ve been trying to use a small To-do widget, but I don’t think that’s nearly enough planned effort to whittle down my list.

So I’m going to start looking at GTD. I just checked and found the original GTD book is available in my community library. So the next time I stop by (it’s in 2 weeks time), I’m going to pick up the book and get started on getting my stuff organized.

I’m really nervous about this, in part because I’m very worried about not sticking to this program, as a lot of these kind of programs are heavily oriented towards people living in the US and thus become to difficult to implement if things are not available and that can be very discouraging.

But at the same time, I feel that my lack of getting things organized has really hurt my performance on the job and that is something that really needs to get fixed.

Here’s hoping this goes well!