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+# Once upon a time
+
+![cat](Bancho.jpg)
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# GTD? Whut?
+
+i) a personal productivity system, by David Allen, originally
+from 2001. A bit of a fad and cult in the early 2000s. Now an object
+of ridicule by fans of newer systems and approaches.
+
+ii) a way to juggle eggs without dropping most of them
+
+iii) a way to look busy while fiddling with unimportant things
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Goal of this talk
+
+An understanding of a bare-bones core of the GTD system that one can
+build upon.
+
+
+You adapt GTD to your life, as you want.
+
+![cat](Box.jpg)
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+There are no rules. There is no "GTD police".
+
+\
+
+\
+
+_Whatever works for you is good._
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# What is GTD for?
+
+Making sure you know when you can ~~write backup software~~ watch TV with worrying about work.
+
+\
+
+Remembering everything you've promised to do.
+
+\
+
+Sleeping better, without worrying you forgot to pay your bills.
+
+\
+
+When things go bad, staying calm by knowing exactly what you can defer
+until later, without making a bad situation worse.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# What is GTD _not_ for?
+
+Impressing your employer by getting more things done than anyone else.
+
+Working every moment you're awake.
+
+\
+
+\
+
+\
+
+_Caveat: Most people _think_ this is what GTD is actually for._
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Core concepts: lists of things
+
+inbox – all new things land here (email, text messages, ...)
+
+next actions – one-step things you've decided to do next
+
+projects – multi-step things you've decided to achieve
+
+waiting-for – things you're waiting for to happen
+
+someday/maybe – things you might want to
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Additional parts
+
+calendar – for things tied to a time and/or date
+
+pending & support – things you may need for next actions,
+current projects
+
+filing system – things you don't want to lose
+
+journal – things you want to remember
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+~~~dot
+digraph "xxx" {
+
+ distraction [style=filled color="#eeeeee"]
+ email [style=filled color="#eeeeee"]
+ bill [style=filled color="#eeeeee"]
+ thought [style=filled color="#eeeeee"]
+ bug [style=filled color="#eeeeee" label="bug report"]
+
+ inbox [shape=box style=filled color=green label="Inbox"]
+ projects [shape=folder style=filled color="#f1d592"]
+ pending [shape=folder style=filled color="#f1d592"]
+ filing [shape=folder style=filled color="#f1d592" label="filing \n system"]
+ next [shape=note style=filled color="cyan" label="next \n actions"]
+
+ wastebasket [shape=cylinder style=filled color="#ff0000"]
+
+ someone [shape=octagon style=filled color="#eeeeee" label="Someone else \n does it"]
+ you [shape=octagon style=filled color=pink label="You do it"]
+
+ distraction -> inbox
+ email -> inbox
+ bill -> inbox
+ thought -> inbox
+ bug -> inbox
+
+ inbox -> you
+ inbox -> next
+ inbox -> projects
+ inbox -> wastebasket
+ inbox -> pending
+ inbox -> filing
+ inbox -> someone
+
+ projects -> next
+
+ next -> you [label="do"]
+}
+~~~
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Processing inboxes
+
+* for each item, what needs to be done?
+
+ * nothing? discard
+
+ * do you want to keep it? if so, file it away
+
+ * can you get someone else to do it? if so, delegate
+
+ * is it quick to do, less than two minutes? if so, do it at once
+
+ * otherwise put in next actions, or add note about it to a project,
+ as appropriate
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# List of next actions
+
+* a _physical_ action ("write", not "think about")
+
+ * thinking is part of planning, which is part of review
+ * but "draft outline of plan for..." is an action
+
+* it's clear what you need to do (which widget to crank)
+
+* duration fairly short: doable in one sitting
+
+* you're committed to doing it
+
+* does not depend on anything, can be done immediately
+
+* it's clear when it's done
+
+* it's clear which projects the action belongs to, if any
+
+* maybe split into "contexts" such as "at work", "at home", "errand"
+ if list gets long
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+* Draft five acceptance criteria for "scap apply-patches", put them in
+ the task, and ask Antoine, others in RelEng for feedback.
+
+ - [`https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269153`](https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269153)
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Project list
+
+A project is anything that takes more than one next action to finish,
+but will be finished in a year.
+
+TIP: define projects by describing a world where it's finished; do
+this when starting a project
+
+"When this project is finished, we own a house, it has been repaired,
+and passed by a construction inspector, we've moved in, and have no
+more access to the old place, and no longer pay rent for it."
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# The weekly review
+
+* process all inboxes
+
+* review all projects, next actions, calendar, someday/maybe,
+ pending&support, journal entries, and everything else in your system
+
+* think deeply what you may be missing from your system: any new
+ projects that should be added? any persistent worries that keep
+ bothering you?
+
+* for each project, have at least one next action, possibly only one
+
+* achieve an energetic sense of calm
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Getting started
+
+* Big bang: collect everything from everywhere into one big inbox
+ pile, and process that.
+
+* Slow start: Pick one project or start a next actions list, and
+ expand as time goes by.
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+![](gtd-first-inbox.jpg)
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Demo of Lars's system.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+
+* [Getting Things
+ Done](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done) (Wikipedia)
+ [`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done)
+
+\
+
+* [Original GTD book](https://www.librarything.com/work/1844807)
+ (LibraryThing)
+ [`https://www.librarything.com/work/1844807`](https://www.librarything.com/work/1844807)
+
+\
+
+* [Making it all work: improved
+ sequel](https://www.librarything.com/work/5438958) (LibraryThing)
+ [`https://www.librarything.com/work/5438958`](https://www.librarything.com/work/5438958)
+
+\
+
+* [GTD For Hackers](https://gtdfh.liw.fi/) (by Lars)
+ [`https://gtdfh.liw.fi`](https://gtdfh.liw.fi)
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Legalese
+
+Copyright 2021 Wikimedia Foundation
+
+This content is licensed under the Creative Commons
+Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International ([CC BY-SA 4.0][]) licence.
+
+[CC BY-SA 4.0]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
+
+Cat images from `https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/`
+`File:Banho_de_Sol_(2422073851).jpg`
+`File:Cat_into_the_box.jpg`
+
+
+
+---
+title: "Getting Things Done"
+subtitle: "egg juggling"
+author: "Lars Wirzenius"
+date: "2021-02"
+...