GTD - I hardly have time to tie my shoes!

As a busy ____ (fill in the blank with whatever hat you are currently wearing) how do you get everything done that is currently on your plate?  The ideas of GTD (Getting Things Done) by David Allen is a way to focus on priorities and organizing what you need to do in terms of the levels of when things need to get done.

After looking at the stages of GTD I realized that I have been doing many of these steps over the years, but maybe not in this specific order or sometimes leaving out a stage.  I currently am a pencil/paper person who is moving into using my Google Calendar.  I prefer the paper/pencil form of organization because I often don't have access to my Google calendar during work meetings (which is when I double check and/or add a lot to my organization).  Luckily I've always been a bit OCD with my organization so most of the steps of GTD come easily to me and I've been doing them for years.  Once I sat down and looked at my process and compared it to the flow of GTD it was just a matter of putting in a little more reflection into my organization process.  I think this reflection helped me see what I could add to my organization process for getting things done and come to an understanding of why I did the process in my particular order.

After this introduction and taking my GTDiq to find out that I am a Captain and Commander/Autocrat I now know that I have to work on the following:

"The challenge that you face is more about fine-tuning the practices that you already (at least to some degree) have in place. Your improvement opportunity is to pay attention to the more subtle aspects of your work and life. Once you pay attention to what has your attention, you'll discover what really has your attention. As long as there is anything pulling or pushing on your consciousness—no matter how subtle—there will be an opportunity to practice and refine your facility with perspective and control. Are there things you should be doing to stretch "out of the box?" Are there things you ought to be learning, to keep yourself fresh and on your game?"


I look forward to working on tweeking my process to make myself more productive in all aspects of my life : )