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Quickie overview of the GTD system
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GTD is a system for managing your life: what you want to achieve,
how you plan to achieve that, and how you deal with all the stuff life
throws at you. You decide goals, the system helps you reach them.
A condensed summary of GTD:
* stuff enters your life, and you either deal with it immediately, or put it
in one or more inboxes
* you empty your inboxes regularly from stuff
* stuff is dealt with by one of the following:
- **do it at once** (if it's quick, or you have to, or really want to);
- **defer** it for later;
- **delegate** it to someone else;
- **file** it somewhere (if you may need it later);
- **discard** it (ignore it, throw it in a trash bin, whatever)
* keep several lists:
- **next actions**: deferred stuff;
- **projects**: anything that needs more than one next action to be
finished;
- **waiting for**: delegated stuff;
- **someday/maybe**: what you may want to do someday, but isn't an active
concern right now
* at least once a week, process all inboxes, and review all lists
* have an archiving system for documents and such
* have a system for keeping handy files and other things relevant
to current projects and next actions
You may now skip the rest of the book.
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