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@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@ +# 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" +... |