Category: “Getting Things Done - GTD”

Every time you are learning something new, developing a new habit or running a big project, there are always moments in which thoughts invade your mind. It looks like you don’t move on, you don’t feel comfortable and your goal seems too far away.

When you are processing your inbox, that is, clarifying the meaning of those things you have captured before, you will probably find some that don’t need any action right now but might need it in the future. They are actions like the following:

GTD is a self-management system in which, when you have done your homework properly, you can and you should guide yourself by your instincts and intuition. This doesn’t mean that it’s a quite informal system in which you will always end up doing what you want.

I have always supported the idea that personal productivity has nothing to do with working fast, something that many people, especially in the business world, don’t agree with. I’m totally against the cult of speed that rules our society, and years ago I chose to enjoying life instead of chasing after it, whether people like it or not.

A few days ago, GTD Times — the official blog of the David Allen company — published a very interesting 3-minute video ¹ where David Allen talks about the five stages in the GTD lifecycle. He calls them The Five I’s: