Whoa.

[chhotii]

I read David Allen's Getting Things Done, and it didn't make sense to me as a finalized idea for a workable system. Thought-provoking, sure, and I implemented some changes based on conversations with myself that followed from reading it. But I don't think that Allen has The Answer.

This, however, looks more promising. Will have to ponder further.

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[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to think these systems are like exercise programs. No one works for everyone, and you pretty much have to try them and make adjustments until you find one you can stick to.

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

I also read 'Getting Things Done' (listened to it on audiobook) and frankly, if I had to hear the words 'Tickler File' one more time I was going to pitch my laptop out the window. It did help a bit, though, for what it was worth.

But I'm not sure that the Environmental Manipulation solution would be reasonable for someone who, say, needed to keep working at a 40-hour a week job until s(he) could afford to live just off of the business they'd started, for example. And the guy says as much.

YMMV, of course. But what this environmental guy espouses assumes is a freedom and autonomy that few working adults have. Perhaps this would work better with small behavioral changes, but not career changes. Then again, I know a guy who keeps a full set of golf clubs in his car trunk. He doesn't play golf, but tells me that he wants to be the kind of guy who'd have golf clubs in his trunk. And the result? He can't use his trunk to carry anything useful; it's too full of golf clubs.

Yeah.