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-Getting started
-===============
-
-You've read all about the GTD system, and you've decided to go for it.
-Now what?
-
-There's at least two approaches for getting started. The one I did was
-to start big. I allocated a whole weekend and did nothing else than
-kickstart my GTD system. I cleared my kitchen table to use as a giant inbox.
-I collected every bit of paper, every unopened letter, every unread book
-and magazine, every appliance that needed fixing, and everything else that
-I needed to do anything about, and put them on the table. 
-
-[[!img first-inbox.jpg alt="My first inbox: the kitchen table"]]
-
-When I found large items that were too big for the table, I wrote down
-what it was, where it was, and what I needed to do about it, on a separate
-piece of paper, and put that on the table instead. A proxy like this is
-as good as having something in your inbox, when the thing is cumbersome.
-
-After that, I took several A4 pieces of paper, and titled them "Next actions",
-"Projects", "Someday/maybe", and "Waiting for". These were my lists. I
-decided to start with pen and paper, rather than a fancy sofware solution,
-to avoid getting distracted by technology. Pen and paper is about as simple
-and reliable and uncomplicated as you can get. When you start your GTD
-system, keeping it simple means you're more likely to make it work. You can
-try complicated tools later, but initially avoid the trap of getting lost
-in finding and selecting optimal tools.
-
-Then I started processing the inbox table. I picked the topmost item,
-and thought about it, and decided what to do. A lot of things went straight
-into recycling or garbage, which was nice: I no longer needed to have
-them in my life at all, and this made me feel better. Any stuff that I 
-had lurking about was stuff that potentially demanded attention from me,
-and even if it only actually did that once a year, with a thousand unnecessary
-things, that's three things per day.
-
-Other things went into my lists. In fact, most things went into my lists.
-During that first weekend, I did not actually do anything much. I did a
-few very quick things, such as throw away rotten fruit, but otherwise I
-suspended the two-minute rule.
-
-After I'd cleared the table, I did the same thing with my computers. I
-collected all my files and e-mails and bookmarks and so on into one
-digital inbox per computer, and then processed those. I still kept all
-my lists on paper, though. As it turned out, my digital life was in much
-better order so there were rather fewer next actions and projects generated
-from that.
-
-By Sunday evening all my inboxes were clear, and my lists were long.
-It was somewhat depressing to have so many things in my lists, but it
-was a huge relief to know that everything I needed to be on them, were
-on them.
-
-Over the next few days and weeks I tackled the lists, doing things and
-sometimes deciding to uncommit myself from things, to get the lengths of
-the lists under control.
-
-The slow start
---------------
-
-A big start may require you to put everything else on hold for a day or
-several days. A gentler, but possibly less efficient way to start is
-to go slow. Set up an inbox and the lists. Whenever you have time, go
-through some of your stuff and put anything you haven't already processed 
-into the inbox, or process stuff already in your inbox. This can be
-much harder to do than the big start, since you need to keep track of
-what has and what hasn't been processed yet, but it also means you can
-continue to function normally while you do it.
-
-You might start with just one aspect of your life. For example, start
-with your e-mail only. Or your non-electronic mail. Or anything to do
-with work, or your studies, or whatever. Then expand your GTD system
-with time to cover more of your life.
-
-Survival strategies
--------------------
-
-Sometimes you have so much unprocessed stuff in your life that you feel
-you're drowning under it. For example, you might have an e-mail inbox
-that's several thousand mails long, and you feel you're not ever going
-to be able to deal with it, there's just not time.
-
-You can deal with it by either giving up, or by taking a long time.
-Some people have declared an e-mail bankruptcy, where they announce
-that they've deleted their entire inbox, and if anyone had anything
-important they should re-send. This may or may not be a good idea, but
-it does give you a clean slate to start from.
-
-An alternative is to create a new folder, and move everything from
-your inbox into that. You'll get to everything in there eventually,
-but keeping your actual inbox clean makes it possible for you to
-start keeping on top of incoming stuff, since it doesn't get buried
-between all the old, old stuff. You'll need to process everything in
-your inbox frequently (at least once a day), and after you've done
-that, you can process a few things from the old pile too. Eventually,
-the old pile will be gone.
-