I spent the whole weekend implementing Getting Things Done. I was a little bit afraid that I'd loose interest/motivation during this process. It really makes you wanna cry when you have to go through whole your stuff and process every bit of it. Writing down my projects, actions and choosing next actions took me almost 6 hours and still I feel the list is incomplete. I'll do a review tomorrow and will supplement the list. My "Master's degree" project consists of 40 actions and counting. Scary :)
I have to say that, In spite of all the struggle, I'm still very excited about GTD. Writing everything down made me feel weird. On one hand, when you look at all the actions it feels like "Oh, MY GOD" (do You hear Janice? :). On the other hand you feel relief that it's out of your brain. You start to see that even the biggest projects, that made you terrified just moments ago, can be completed by doing simple things. Make a phone call, write an email, implement a Java Class (not that easy) etc. Decomposing your projects makes them look doable, and that's a hell of an improvement.
I really think that my implementation of GTD will be successful and it will immensely help me in completing my quest. Which is of course getting the degree. Will see that in the near future.
Back to work.
Monday, April 21, 2008
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